biology experiments

This typed-up note posted to the cupboards in the office kitchen made me laugh when I saw it this morning. It was above the sink filled with dirty dishes submerged in water.
“How about taking your biology experiments back to your desks?”

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it’s a small world after all

I went to a wedding in Northampton, Mass. this weekend. The Greek was supposed to be there, but he didn’t show. My former coach who got married said that’s par for the course for him, and that was fine by me.
But — and this is crazy to me, it’s such a small world — as I entered the [...]

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guilty

When I said ‘guilty’ out loud, it pained me. I didn’t expect it to. The jury, sitting around a long table, gave a voice vote and I was the last one to speak. I was also the last holdout, and held out several hours (11 guilty, one undecided) till I felt comfortable with the verdict. [...]

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an exhausting responsibility

I am exhausted. In the second long day of deliberations, we sat around a large table in a room without windows trying to recount facts, and interpret them, and discuss and argue. We filled large white pages on an easel. Six women, six men, mostly older than 50. Five black, seven white. All respectful. My [...]

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move your feet

A few weeks ago, the singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone came to the NPR offices and put on an intimate concert at Bob Boilen’s desk. Bob Boilen is the host of All Songs Considered.
Cahoone is a soft-spoken independent singer from Seattle with long straight stringy hair and kind eyes. About 20 of us gathered around Cahoone, who [...]

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peanut butter jell-y

There must be something seriously wrong with me, because S. sent this to me today and it has me laughing so hard I’m in tears.

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all it takes is asking

Last week, I got a note from a guy I barely know who will be at wedding I’m going to in Massachusetts in three weeks. He’s four years older than me, lives in Michigan and was an All-American soccer player at Kalamazoo college, my alma mater. Last time I saw him was about six years [...]

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eye spasms

I didn’t want to jinx them (I’m not superstitious, what?) by bringing it up too soon, but those damn eye spasms are gone. Take that eye spasms! That slight, uncontrollable tremor hasn’t plagued my left eye in more than a month. And that’s after two and a half months of it happening anywhere from six [...]

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independence day crashers

Last night, after a small barbeque at S.’s of homemade potato salad, coleslaw and feta burgers, a group of about 10 people walked two blocks to my rooftop to watch the fireworks. We carried lawn chairs and umbrellas up the spiral metal staircase. The sky was heavy with clouds and it sprinkled lightly. We “oohed” and “aahhed” as the fireworks exploded south of us, lighting [...]

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