if this samuel alito is confirmed for the supreme court, i will be nervous. v. nervous.
the same samuel alito who once said that he believed women should have to get PERMISSION from the father of a child in order for her to get an abortion. relying on A MAN telling her what she should do [...]

apple crisp crumbles and gooey chocolate cupcakes with the saucy Cheryl & Rachel where the conversation turned to all things naughty and old school habits. There were two lovely cats involved and it was surreal haunting the same area I water-splashed and hung out in bodegas two decades ago. then there train transfers and [...]

I’m thinking about a summer three years ago, before we became the people that we are now. Before a 3000 ribbon of road sequestered us to opposite sides of the country. We took an airplane to Miami, watched our bags rotate on a carousel. We poked our heads out of taxi windows and for a [...]

i’m timid with my camera in public, so i did most of my snapping before the crowd came…

want more? check out the side nav; i’ve got a nifty little flickr set-up where you can click and see all the photos!

For the past few weeks, I’ve been feeling as if I’m moving backwards in time. I’m spending hours watching re-runs of Degrassi Junior High (stories of easily-resolved youth and simple, but funny, plotlines), I’ve immersed myself in countless children’s books, and, at one point in my yoga class Monday, I wondered, if, after five years, [...]

And they said it would never happen! Check out my foray into living and loving the green life. Folks interested in writing short articles (or if you want to be a frequent contributor), pls. send your articles/ideas to: green AT rockingthegreenlife DOT com. Spread the word!

have i mentioned that through the magic and power of my DVR, I have discovered old episodes of Degrassi Junior High??? This is so sixth grade. So 1987-1988, and maybe 89? After Spike had the baby and they all went to college and I had this insane crush on Joey Jeremiah?
I turn 30 [...]

“In my own case, I certainly don’t walk into my room and sit down at my desk feeling like a boxer ready to go ten rounds with Joe Louis. I tip toe in, I procrastinate. I delay. I come in sideways, kind of sliding through the door…I don’t burst into the saloon with my six-shooter [...]

In the Chicago’s 1950’s, a city with the rumbling el, hot greasy doughnuts, and the stench of the nearby stockyards hanging heavy, lives a troubled family, a girl tempered in a home of abuse and neglect, victim to her mother’s rages, her father’s wayward infidelities and poverty. Neecey’s Lullabay is the story of a [...]

SAVE THIS DATE! NYC EVENT: Legion of Lit Mags Weekend at Vernacular Press (Soho) and Galapagos Art Space (Williamsburg): Literary magazine editors collaborate and unite in an all-star literary magazine fair from November 18 to November 19, 2005 at Vernacular Press and Galapagos Art Space. Events coordinated and hosted by literary magazines, Small Spiral Notebook [...]

I really LIKE my job. I hadn’t anticipated the long hours, and all the details and stress associated with editing and designing a children’s catalog and soon, editing children’s books. At first, I joked about my job to my close friends who were somewhat shocked that I’m working for a children’s book company when [...]

Oh god, say it isn’t so. I’ve gone all girl again. GODDAMN. Believe me when I tell you that I was a blue child. When I was five, I took a box of crayons and shaded on the walls (with the paper peeled off to reveal a smooth stick of color) of my bedroom, [...]

reading Veronica, which, regrettably is not meeting my expectations. A longt-time Gaitskill fan, I was overzealous about this new book and perhaps I hyped it up to myself a bit too much. At times I feel the language a bit grating, subsuming an otherwise engaging story with rich, perfectly pitched characters.
“my father’s eyes were [...]

where will you find me for the great part of the day? Wrapped around a cashmere throw, cuddled up on the couch, watching the FOOD Network (so, oh so addictive) – and as always, rainy days are great days for watching The Shining for the 60th time, catching up on my reading, penning articles [...]