Cut Off My Nose and Call Me an Alien

I started writing this post a few months ago but stopped because I was finding myself getting rather worked up about the topic. I didn’t want to post something that came across too judgmental. Now that I’ve had some time to mull it over some more, I think I’m ready to share: I’ve been thinking […]

Radio-Silent Walks

Lately, I’ve taken a radical approach to my daily constitutional. Ok, it’s not so radical, as it’s essentially what people have done for thousands of years before the advent of portable music devices, but hear me out. For years, I saw a walk as an opportunity to pop in my earbuds and listen to a […]

Analyze This

Ever since my first psychology class in high school, I’ve been low-key obsessed with wondering why people are the way they are and why they act the way they do. Myself included. I wanted to see a therapist to probe the depths of my psyche way back then, but I was afraid to ask my […]

How ‘Fleischman is in trouble’ saved me from nostalgic disaster

I’ve always been a nostalgic person. Even when I was in elementary school, I would look back fondly on my pre-school days and think of how great my life had been when I could wake up, have breakfast with Gram, watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and spend the rest of the day playing with […]

You say woke like it’s a bad thing. . .

It’s so funny to me how some people use “woke” as an insult. Merriam Webster defines it as: aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice). If you want to call me woke, well, thanks! I’d like to think I am, but I also know […]

Weighing in on Weight Watchers

I started writing this post years ago and never quite put the finishing touches on it. I recently re-joined WW to get back on track after an indulgent holiday season. My sentiments about it are still the same as when I wrote this – so here’s my story! Also, a lil disclaimer before we get […]

The Hermit Life

I haven’t felt much like writing lately. I have felt more like burrowing deep into my home and not coming out for an indeterminate amount of time. I suppose we could blame my melancholy on the time of year, although I am hyper-aware that each successive morning and evening is a little brighter than the […]

March Motivation

Hey there! It’s been a while since I wrote a current-events post. As usual, I am busy thinking up so many things I want to do and trying to do everything at once and then feeling overwhelmed and rushed and anxious about life. How do you find balance? I constantly feel the need to create […]

Throwback Thursday: If I had 3 Wishes

In first and second grade, my teacher encouraged us to make books so we could practice our writing skills. At the time I was very impressed with myself because I wrote a lot of books. In looking through these “books”, 30 years later, I am amused by the fact that very few of them are […]

Throwback Thursday: The Incredible Hulk

Last weekend I went up to Vermont to visit my mom. She had some pictures that she’d gotten from my grandmother, so we went through them together and reminisced. Many of the pictures I had seen before, but this one here, I don’t think I’d ever seen. I must have been about 4 years old. […]