A Big Sky Full of Stars

My friend Stephen died last night after a brave battle with glioblastoma. I met Stephen for the first time about … More

All My Strangers

About a year and a half ago — a million years ago, to be exact — I made a goal … More

In my dream I am standing on the beach on the Oregon coast. In reality, I grew up less than … More

You are sitting at a red light at the corner of 1st Street and Korean Veterans Boulevard, the intersection where … More

It’s 2020, 4AM. I’m in the kitchen, cutting up a peach. I have to tell you about this peach. If … More

It is midnight. Monday. I am looking out the picture window of my living room in East Nashville. In the … More

A few years ago, I got caught in a spiral of sadness and anxiety like I’d never experienced before. I … More

On Friday, after coffee with a friend and lunch with my mom and a work call conducted on a city … More

I don’t know if my grandmother’s dying wish was for her cremated remains to be shot out of a cannon. … More

A lot of writers secretly want to be pastry chefs. I found this out when my husband, Nick, got his … More