It was a typical hot, humid Houston afternoon the day my mid-life crisis ended. That afternoon I dropped my ex-husband off at the airport...

The hills I drive past are as red as heat. The sky is muddy, and there are few cars on the road. The coolant in my air conditioning is low..

I blamed it on the shoes. My sneakers didn’t support my ankles right; the soles were too slippery....

On the eve of my fifteenth birthday, I stayed up answering questions on FormSpring, a now-defunct Q&A forum....

Dear Hollis, It’s been hot for days, I can’t say I love it. It’s not a relief to walk these dusty streets, hand to foreheads as we watch and

By May 27, 2010, I knew how to both survive and shelter-in-place. I created a brand-new life where no one knew who I was. I hunkered down wi

The hallway was empty. That wasn’t a surprise in and of itself: most of the other students were in class....

Memorial Day 2010 The smoke tree crouches below my second story window, its rust red smudges reaching toward the top of the house on Pine St

This time ten years ago, I was graduating in a high school class of 400 and ready to leave them all in dust. Life, I decided, was happening

On Friday nights: an Orthodox rabbi chants the week's Torah portion, pre recorded and uploaded onto YouTube, into my ears. I follow alon