Ecstatic Adventures of the Exuberant Bodhisattva

Cleaning is masturbation for the people on Prozac. M.D. friends, I am due for a consult. In the meantime, my apartment looks spectacula...

A successful writer  from the New York Times says, “Unless you’re Oprah, ‘be yourself’ is terrible advice.” In a moment of deep authenticit...

Why I am like Jane Goodall:   We both like to eat a lot of trail mix. Today is International Doughnuts’ Day. Perhaps you can relate to my...

When I was seventeen years old, I watched my grandmother pull apart two-ply Kleenex on her death bed. She would rip each half into four tin...

The day was quite performative. But there’s lots of other news. For example, the Mile End is experiencing a Budgie Exodus. On a poster ...

Monday Dear Erica, Yard work is among your many gifts. Love, Erica. Someone even gave me a t. shirt for my efforts. It is s...

I ended things with my illicit and elusive texting boyfriend. I am feeling a great loss. Folks, these are our times. Grown-ups mourn deeply...