My life is generally ordered around a somewhat vague but rigid sense of fairness. More than, usually, love or generosity or even practicalit...

On Saturday I was in a bad mood because the snowstorm cancelled my trip to Phoenix. So Aaron, Naomi and I were on our way to Easton to retur...

In the Spring of 2007, Aaron and I had been dating for just a few months. He was so handsome and I was so smitten. One weekend before classe...

Last weekend, with great solemnity and ceremony, I relocated my aloe plant from the landing on our stairs to our deck outside. To get some s...

There's a guy in Australia who hosts a nude swim every year. At first I assumed he was a perverted weirdo, but I saw an interview with h...

The setting: an apartment that's too small. The characters: A woman and her dog, mortal enemies by the cruel providence of a cross-count...

Baby Baer had a doctor appointment the other day, at a pediatrician's office in the same compound as the hospital where she was born. My...