This tale of a selfless, unsung act of heroism is one that should be told and retold, passed down from mother to daughter as allegory and illustration of the power of sisterhood and the universality of woman. It took place long ago, on a rainy Saturday night, in the women’s restroom of The Wild Hare … More Sisterhood of the Wild Hare
I very nearly Zumbaed myself into an early grave on Tuesday. My reward for rushing to get to class after being held up by a last-minute work thing, of giving it my all in a hot, crowded room full of girls mostly half my age, of toughing it out and only taking water breaks when … More Awash in Win
There once was a day, not very long ago, when I achieved something so improbable, I sometimes wonder if it really happened or if it was only a dream: I successfully procured a week’s worth of groceries while somehow adhering to the mission’s seemingly impossible time and budgetary constraints of 45 minutes and $100. I … More Mission Grocery Store
The other day at work, I almost did something amazing. I was in the middle of a series of tedious, onerous spreadsheet manipulations, the sort of thing I’ve tended to accept with a smile as part and parcel of the job. Detail-oriented, repetitive, thankless tasks…that’s just kind of always been my wheelhouse. It’s a weakness … More Honorable Mention for Being Almost Amazing
After my mastectomy and reconstruction last March, my mom came to stay with us to help out during my recovery. I decided–after a few long, dull days of writhing in pain and wallowing in Netflix, at a point in time when both of my JP drains had been removed and I was feeling thin, having … More Dressing Room Wrestler
Gather round, children, and let me tell you about the day I achieved a feat astonishing in both its level of difficulty and its utter meaninglessness: I contact papered the shelves in the kitchen pantry. With a clever tromp l’oeil plain white contact paper that looks pretty much exactly like uncontact-papered shelves. Because apparently even … More The Oscar for Pantry Organization Goes To…
There is a dark, unspeakable inevitability looming on the horizon for us all. You try not to think about it. You don’t talk about it in polite company. You try to put it off as long as possible, but at a certain point, all attempts to escape fail. There comes a day for us all … More One Does Not Simply Walk into the DMV
After a few decades of unblemished health, in recent years, I have become a copperhead-bitten, emergency-appendectomied, metal-hipped, celiac-diseased, breast cancer survivor. I’ve been hospitalized five times in the last seven years due to four different, unrelated ailments. You might say that bad luck and I are more than just passing acquaintances. Still, every once in … More Winning at Life
Maria Linn 