For most of my life, I never really thought all that much about cats except to avoid them whenever I could. I have never been a fan of cats. Some of that is probably just a lack of exposure, since I grew up in a very dog-centric (and cat-
What I learned from the creaky, beautiful disaster that was my childhood home When my parents bought the house that became my childhood home in the early 1970s, it was an absolute disaster of a place and everyone thought they were crazy. The house was a typical Chicago two-flat,
On writing, social media, and living in fragments no longer. I have a friend who is a writer. Like, an actual writer, one who has written books that publishers have published and national newspapers have reviewed and people have purchased with real American dollars. Probably other currencies too. I met