Here Mommy, let me help you. When she was six, and it was September, we curled together in bed. Her hot little head tucked into the crook...

I think this belongs to you. I flipped through outdated magazines with other solemn strangers.  When the nurse called my name, I followed...

On a 90 degree evening, seven women spread their mats on a weathered wooden platform under a tree in Temescal Canyon Park. Caroline led...

I sayeth unto you this day, go forth and fool scientists, and it shall be fun. My parents said I should envy babies who die within an...

"I'm so, like, not into all the labels and stuff. Love is love. Am I right?" In 2003, my husband Ted and I were petless. Actually, we...

Sunday morning I ride my purple beach cruiser down the bike path.  Even though I live near the beach, my neighborhood is just two ticks...

Often at night, a good man will pull a woman close to him with just a bit of force. He will loom large and she will surrender to the...

I opened the restaurant at 8:30. Oswaldo was already there, mincing shallots and roasting bones. I poked my head through the serving...

Ella is curled like a fawn, her legs tucked under her tawny body. She is laying in a hollow she created on the couch cushion, parallel to...

You just left Left the door open for a cat to enter Left a light on leading me to water You just left Left your jacket on the chair Left...

I If there were no men in the world there would be no reason to whisper no reason to learn the language no mysteries to chew on no babies...

When I die, the package that once contained me will be left in your care.  Please take it into the Angeles Mountains and tuck in under a...

This morning, like most, I went in search of a sunny spot in which to drink coffee and pray.  I walked for blocks until finding a set of...