Thank Tank
For most, Thanksgiving kicks off the craziest time of the year, but we chose, instead, to spend the weekend enjoying our leisurely, unplugged traditions:…
November, 2015
#takebackfriday
The only thing on my shopping list was contact solution. An easy 10-minute detour at the store, right? That was before the disorienting sensory assault of…
Comedy of Airs
Sometimes words can’t adequately color the folly of man. By “man” I mean me, which seems both generous to me and insulting to my…
The True Cost
Yes, I’m a cheap bastard. Yes, I have the fashion sense of a narwhal. But the real reason I buy secondhand clothes goes deeper…
Food for thought
It’s Sunday afternoon, and the rain has been rolling off the roof all day. More than a drizzle, less than a downpour. We knew…
Samhain
The back door was open to let in the sound of pouring rain, but it was the chattering of hundreds of birds, right behind…