Speak Up Storytelling: Cathy Dunn
On episode #105 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha and I are back, talking storytelling! In our follow up segment, we discuss Elysha's recent brush with COVID-19 and our…
Not quite The Four Seasons
Just in case you missed it: Trump's attorneys, led by Rudy Giuliani, scheduled a press conference yesterday at the Four Seasons to discuss their legal strategy. Except instead of calling…
Election Day plus four
Saturday was a day I will never forget. Back on November 4, 2008, I sat on my couch, talking to my friend, Donna, on the phone as the networks declared…
Burdens lifted
I'm feeling so much relief today. An enormous weight has been lifted. Four years of constant vigilance is finally coming to an end. As someone who was one of 21…
Some important election facts for your good hearted fool
If you have a good hearted fool in your life who has somehow bought into the nonsense that this election is being stolen, here are some cold, hard facts that…
I despise these kinds of crossword clues
It took me more than 3 minutes to complete the crossword puzzle below, which isn't entirely unusual given I've never done crossword puzzles until a couple of years ago and…
How to Be at Home
Find five minutes. Five minutes absent of people and pets and pending responsibilities. Five minutes to listen and watch this. A poem. An extraordinary poem read by the poet, Tanya…
13 things that make me happy (2 years later)
Seven years ago, I made a list of 13 things that make me happy after being inspired by former acquisitions editor Jennifer Pooley and her own list (which no longer…
I am prepared for today.
I think things will turn out alright today. I've been following the polling and early voting registrations closely enough to believe that if the election is fair and just, America…
Stories and votes. We need them both.
Four years ago, Elysha and I spent election night in Brooklyn as part of Slate's Election Night Celebration. I shared a stage alongside the likes of Samantha Bee and Mike…
