I was, not long ago, suffering from some mild man-induced drama. So, as one always should in these instances, I consulted my best friend via Facetime because best friends always know best. They tailor every word to perfectly fit your soul. And what my little lady gave me was a brand new term to define […]

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I read books like my geriatric cat pees on my hardwood floor – constantly. Growing up, my mom always communicated the disappointment my grandmother, a former librarian, would have felt if she could see how tattered books become in my posession. It’s true, that each one that befalls my ardor  becomes dogeared, annotated and doodled […]

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I stopped sleeping with a nightlight while you were in my bed And for a moment I thought that meant more than it did   You barged in and lit up the spooky corners of my mind Scared away the nightmares The loneliness that comes from searching for something you can’t identify   And in […]

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  Raise your hand if the bodies of your 2018 resolutions were already cold before February. I raised mine (figuratively, because I’m lazy) Did you raise yours? If you didn’t, you’re a goddamn superhero. The exception to the rule. I want you to know that. If you did: Hello friend, we are the same. And […]

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I’ve written and rewritten this sentence 200 times. No I haven’t. That guy right there was a one-shot hit. But I wanted to make this point: You wouldn’t know either way. The world would be none the wiser if, behind the scenes, that sentence had been working on itself for years – molting over and […]

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In January of 2014 I moved from New York City to Florence, Italy. In the almost four years since then I’ve ping-ponged from Florence, back to New York, and to Florence again. Southeast Asia was next, then Massachusetts, Tanzania after that, Massachusetts once again and now, finally, with whatever degree of semi-permanence I am capable […]

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Driving alone eight hours at a time, gorging oneself on bean tacos, Krispy Kreme donuts and Mountain Dew Code Red isn’t the sexiest way to conduct a road trip. But I’ll tell you without shame… it was certainly my way. Two weeks ago I packed my beat-up, old car with two suitcases, one box of […]

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Until last year, when I started writing freelance articles with a social narrative and drafting my first Sci-Fi novel, I had never known I could write about anything other than my life, as I see it. I guess we can chalk that up to 12+ years of adolescent journaling and a few desperate months of […]

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Before I had a boyfriend, I had Florence. And man, I dated that city hard. I would take myself out for a prosecco each afternoon. Lovely lunches on sunny days with fresh bruschetta, fine cheeses and a good a book. I walked with my thoughts to my favorite faraway piazzas, often toting a picnic of […]

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I’m lying on my back in the grass when suddenly I feel the roots rising up from the dirt   I feel them even before they begin poking through my flesh Innate intuition A union with the divine I sense them   And now they’re burrowing into my body as they vibrate a hymn They’re […]

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