How Not to Be an Optimist

Last week, my hairdresser was explaining how, one day after buying a dozen eggs, she yanked open the refrigerator and watched the carton fall to the floor — all 12 of them shattering. “I knew I should have put them away properly but instead I just shoved the whole container into the egg rack.”
Instead of [...]

How I Ended Up at the Park this Morning

Last night, I set my alarm for 7am and meant it. It wasn’t a halfhearted, oh, I should really get up early tomorrow. It was more of a damn it, Jill, you lazy ass, you should not be sleeping until 8 or 9 every morning. You’ve got work to do. There are words to be [...]