From what Marion could tell, Renee’s hypocrisy never seemed to know any bounds. One second telling somebody not to food… Read more The Food Shamer Who Forbade Others From Food Shaming
Blazing Up in Santa Ynez
If you had asked her in her teens how she might spend the later years of her life, she never… Read more Blazing Up in Santa Ynez
Sloan 2
How incompetent did one actually have to be to get hired somewhere? And, more specifically, at a fro-yo shop. Erin found her… Read more Sloan 2
Walk on By
Hold out your pain. Make someone see it, notice it, touch it. If this happens, then maybe it will be… Read more Walk on By
The Crêpe Maker With the Dirty Hands
The urge to fulfill one’s desire for a crêpe, in this climate of contagion, was just one of many risks… Read more The Crêpe Maker With the Dirty Hands
Can’t Hardly Wait… to Be a Dendro-Witch
Like many when they first saw Can’t Hardly Wait, Willow had no idea what a dendrophiliac was. Nor could she have… Read more Can’t Hardly Wait… to Be a Dendro-Witch
Losing My Mind
“Losing my mind.” The words are scrawled in pink permanent marker in a girlish script with a sad face next… Read more Losing My Mind
The Man Who Fell to Vesuvio’s Earth
If anyone was capable of doing it—causing such mayhem and destruction, that is—it was an American. No other nationality was… Read more The Man Who Fell to Vesuvio’s Earth
Born to Consume
“You’re a consumer, whether you want to be or not. Whether you believe you are or not.” Rina releases these words like… Read more Born to Consume
Like A Quail
I identify with the quail’s reluctance to fly. It takes on a more metaphorical meaning for me, but that’s the… Read more Like A Quail
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