I look away from the words I write. They take so long and fall so short.
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Here’s mine
1 in 4 American women have had an abortion. Do you know four women?
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Better Angels
As a Travis County precinct chair with hundreds of door-hangers, Arthur has knocked on hundreds of doors.
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National Character Assassination
I don’t need to go through everything. I write this for me, not you, and plenty has been said already.
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our trolls are no face
Didn’t hit the right notes, speak the right language. Convince of a future of further dismantling.
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scared funny
It’s funny, because it really is scary.
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keeping my nose clean
Though several days have passed since the election of the Next President of the United States, I haven’t updated since, and so: My guy won! Woohoo!
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more fun than Eddie Murphy in French
It’s been tough this election season, being in Canada where the action ain’t (and they’ve their own campaigns to mind). Mostly, I cry. Oh glorious day, when my absentee ballot arrived. In 2006 I took a photo to commemorate my Secrecy Envelope. This year, I’ve pulled out all the stops to document my patriotic anguish…
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i went to the animal fair
The birds and the beasts were there.
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being a good american
When I first heard months ago that the Republican National Convention would assemble in St. Paul, a tic tore through my body, psychosomatic dread and detestation you’re not welcome don’t you dare shield your faces in my city. Worst, my howled-raw voice and middle fingers wouldn’t be there. I thought about it—taking break from idyllic…
