I have friends, quite a few, who are, as of late, going through breakups. Not the kind you shrug at and say, “this too shall pass.” Decades. Half decades. I have a friend, of course I do, who dated a…
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the story of abigail & lucas
December 17, 2006
I wasn’t afraid of feeling pain. I was afraid they were going to be pulled from my body, lifeless. I wouldn’t hear them cry. We’d all wait, in an inhale. A technician would check a clock. They’d blink at a…
i can’t make you love me, if you don’t?
May 22, 2006
I just get so crazy when he isn’t giving me what he used to. His emails used to be about how he thought of me constantly and looked forward to being with me at the end of his day… how…
the things we carry
July 26, 2005
She dropped the Branzino on the goddamn floor. Only, my father and his wife Carol didn’t know it yet. They were dining with another couple, moving forks of iceberg lettuce into their carnivorous mouths, waiting. “You know, the ladies, they…
men to avoid
December 3, 2004
MEN TO AVOID. PERIOD.
His idea of talking dirty in bed is telling you he has a cock.
If he wants to cook you a romantic dinner on the second date, he’s cheap.
The guy who believes a “meaningful conversation”…










March 2, 2007
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