Letters I Haven't Written Yet

Category: Blog

  • Choices and Chaos

    This essay was originally published in the Keeping It Under Wraps: Parenthood anthology in February 2022, and the anthology is available for purchase at Blackwells Online (free shipping!) or on Amazon. ‘I’m going to need you to answer a few questions before we can go through with this procedure, ok?’ I’m alone in the hospital…

  • Some Thoughts about Weight Loss

    The body image discussion is a never-ending cycle: from heroin chic to body positivity and everything in between, someone, somewhere, is telling us how we should look. On top of that, they are telling us how she should, and should not get there. Very rarely, in all these decisions being made for us, is there…

  • I wish you…

    I am not a mean person,Not purposefully unkind.But there are many out there,Who seem not to have any sort of functioning mind. They get in my way,Disturb my existence.But despite their incessant badgering,I do not wish to snuff out their existence. Instead, I wish them a lifetime of annoyance and inconvenience. I hope you get…

  • Basic Training

    In 2018, I had a short story published in Quail Bell Magazine. Unfortunately, it was an online journal, and they had problems with their host and lost a lot of their past articles, including mine. Instead of trying to get this story published somewhere else, I thought it would be fun to post it here….

  • Trump and The Taj

    Initially Published on Medium in November 2016 Going to the Taj Mahal, one expects not only to be overcome by beauty, but to be showered in a magical story of love, a love story greater than all the ages, one that will transcend time. It is the physical manifestation of a man’s love for his…