Consolation Carrot Soup

Today I prepared my taxes. It filled me with unhappiness and anxiety, but it wasn’t as unhappiness-making and anxiety-inducing as it seemed ...

Less Young, More Cake

The first time I went to Fire Island was with my then-boyfriend six or seven years ago. We left Brooklyn early, taking the LIRR to a shuttle...

Restlessness Linguini

Tonight I was walking home from work feeling anxious in a familiar way—lonely that seemed like restless, or vice versa—caused by the problem...

Reasons for Dessert

I rarely need one, but if I do, I can think one up. A good reason for dessert right now is that it's January 2013 and the first week of ...