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• Project Blog It: Migration

  Oct 17

  They came from Mexico to work our fields. They came from Russia to marry us. From Poland to clean our offices. From Japan to serve us tea in expensive restaurants.… more ›

• Project Blog It: “It is the hour of departure…”

  Sep 12

  The hour of departure is not the departure. It is the anticipation for the leaving that remains to come. It is the last minute rushing around the one instant that… more ›

• Sep 10

  Zimba LeafMarch 19, 1994 – September 6, 2008 Rest in peace, my little green-eyed “monster.” Zoom zoom. more ›

• This is not how I am.

  Sep 7

  The vitriol coursing through my veins. The black, black cloud of grief nestled in the corner of my soul. I find myself torn between these two old pals lately, and… more ›

• Project Blog It: Strawberries

  Aug 8

  To contribute to Project Blog It today, I decided to post an excerpt from a book I’ve been writing over the past few years based on the journal I kept… more ›

• Bliss

  Jul 11

  In an attempt to show my dearest (and some of my oldest) friends some love and support, I decided to jump on their bandwagon a bit this Friday and post… more ›

• Mar 16

  Bolesław LeafMarch 19, 1994 – March 16, 2008 Rest in peace, my little orange baby. more ›

• The New 30

  Jan 17

  I think it’s fairly telling that I should lose my earrings just a couple of weeks before I turn 40. I had to remove them at the doctor’s office while… more ›

• What part of “don’t fuck with me” do you not understand?

  Jan 9

  I’m fairly mild-mannered as I move through my days. And although patience is not one of my virtues—blame my sonofabitch father for passing along that characteristic—years of meditation, qigong, and… more ›

• Year of the Whirlwind

  Jan 2

  In honor of a Japanese tradition I recently learned about, I have chosen sempū as the kanji to represent the passing year. Sempū means “whirlwind” and is written thus: From… more ›