Today Is Somebody’s Birthday

Facebook would like to kindly remind me that today is somebody’s birthday. I know that person. We worked together. We …


Language Rehab

At some point this year I took it upon myself to read one page of a book in Japanese every …


The Quest for the Perfect Berry-colored Lipstick

Many years ago, I was given a tube of lipstick by my mother. I wore it sparingly. The color was …


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Long silence.

I’m reading a book that’s making me nervous because it had so many bad reviews but I still …