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Anticipating the Future; the Present Becoming the Past

I still have just over a month before I start my new job in Missouri, and already I’m fighting the urge to fill every anticipated free moment with an activity of one kind or another after I’ve arrived.
I’ve researched intramural sports teams (dodgeball, whiffleball, kickball) in St. Louis. I’ve started thinking about who I’ll go [...]

Becoming a better friend

Yesterday I made several phone calls.
Making phone calls isn’t notable except that I usually freeze when it’s time to pick up the phone to call someone. For old friends, this poses a problem – I seem like I don’t care about talking to them, when in fact, I care so much that when I freeze [...]

These are the People in My Neighborhood

Welcome to Fort Green, Brooklyn. This is a beautiful neighborhood of four-story brownstone buildings, independent markets, restaurants, cafes, and one of New York City’s oldest parks.
The skeletons in the closet of this rapidly gentrifying community’s not so distant past include drugs, gangs, and violence. It seems that some of those skeletons are out of the [...]

Breaking Things to Fix Them

We began talking. I apologized for snapping at you during brunch. You accepted my apology. Things seemed okay, but I had a lot on my mind. We were sitting on the white couch, and you reached out for me. I needed to talk, not to be held. Even now, when you aren’t here to hold [...]