Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

I think I wore my clothes both backwards and inside out.  Turned my desk and chair around.  I doubt I walked backwards in the hallways, and I’m not sure who started it.  Backwards day.  I know how "opposite day" originated. …

Clean food.  Soft lettuces bound beside sticks of carrot in a white translucent skin that resembles some variant on rubber.  Lobster rolls, on pull-apart yellow bread with powdery tops.  My summer roll is The Hamptons.  All my summers there have…

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I sleep with a mitt.  That's what I call it.  It's a black velvet helmet really, that covers your eyes, but it's no ordinary sleeping mask.  It's the mitt, and it means business.  Last night I couldn't…

I don’t like Krispy Kremes.  Well, I’ll tell you why.  They use too much sugar.  I don’t like how they glaze the entire doughnut.  I prefer doughnuts glazed only on one side, otherwise, it’s overkill.  Krispy Kreme is so red…

Rooibo Bourbon.  1 Tsp ~7 min.That’s what the instructions say on my Alice’s Tea Cup bundle of tea.  Though it sounds like a song Crash Test Dummies would sing.  It’s pouring here, and without exception, it’s a tea day.  "Please,"…

I used to walk the streets of New York and sometimes count the number of people, in only one block, who were using their cell phones or bluetooth equivalent.  It depended, of course, in which part of the city I…

…which explains why it’s all over the place.  I’m no good with silence.  I need noise in my life to make it work. 
Some people did pots of coffee in college.  I didn’t understand coffee.  Or wine for that matter. …

Brassiere.  It sounded like a fish, usually grilled whole, served with pressed olive oil and pink, coarsely ground, sea salt, or at the very least, a place that served stellar French onion soup. But when someone leaned in and explained…