Once upon a time, for too short a time, an enraged and utterly charming rabbit ruled our lives. Flora Sweet, beautiful and violent Flemish Giant rabbit, shuffled drunkenly off this mortal coil on December 22, 2025; she went with the help of our kitties’ lovely vet, at home and on her favourite cushion. This spared…
Only commit
I’ve spent a lot of my life hedging my bets, a lot of time creating backup plans for degrees, relationships, jobs, and projects of all kinds in case things “didn’t work out.” This, of course, has made it difficult to either commit to or finish anything. I now understand why I’ve given so many years…
I don’t feel bad about my neck
I turned 50 a few months ago and I’ve been feeling pretty damn good about it. I partied hard by receiving a number of books, eating a lot of sugar, and dropping my phone on my forehead; I dropped this tiny computer onto my medium-sized face while Googling as I lay on my back stretching…
The great indoors
It’s June and I am sick as eff. I was mildly sick the last two or so weeks, off and on, while B. was sick as eff. Before that, I was sick as eff for most of the month of February, having picked up a nasty flu the same night I picked up the superlative…
You make me feel like a gnatural woman
In which the writer explores the pros and cons of life au gnaturale.
Sadie Layercake, and other sweetnesses
We’ll take it as understood that right now we all need as much joy, loveliness, sweetness, and kindness as possible without getting into the ugly details of why. Good, done. So. Just over two months ago, B. and I unexpectedly found ourselves fostering a chubby, quite stressed-out kitty named Sadie. We had no idea how…
Happy anniversary, Dr.!
December 10th marked 16 years since I successfully defended my doctoral thesis. That’s twice as many years as it took me to start and finish my degree. Eight years to complete a PhD isn’t unusual, which is a problem since funding tends to last five years at most. Like many others, I had to work…
A prayer for the intercession of St. Kurt Vonnegut
I’m working up the courage and energy to watch Kamala Harris’s concession speech. Yesterday wasn’t a good day; I’m sad and scared, which may be the only sensible response to a majority of U.S. voters deciding that a convicted criminal known for his racism, queer- and transphobia, lechery, buffoonery, and general shamelessness was the best…
Jam and Idleness 
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