Note to Self

Nine. Nine.  Does this mean your childhood is already halfway over? That thought is somehow equal parts inevitable and incomprehensible.  In...

It’s getting harder, all this. This is hard. There. I said it.   I thought if I just came right out with it — that this is harder, eight yea...

I’m not going to lie: You’re really going to have to up your game if this coming year is to hold a candle to the last one.  Just think of al...

Your dad did this thing when we were first dating. Actually well into it. Sometimes he still does it, now that I think about it. I'd be ...

I have to admit, Noodle, I’ve been dragging my feet on this one for a bit. You’ve been five for two weeks already, but the truth is, there’s...

You are, in innumerable ways, so perfectly, purely, indelibly, ordinary.   Don’t get me wrong — not for one second — and mista...

The Book of Speculation, Erika Swyler One of my favorite accidents: I’m strolling through Target; I only have 62 things in my cart, so I’...