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...

Just needs a little Windex Two different men claim to have invented the automatic toilet. And it makes sense. Men's bathrooms are...

Every morning I plant bare feet on this hardwood floor and step surely into my kitchen, into a day of scrambled eggs, giggling children,...

If she was here today, I'd take her to the Museum of Jurasic technology to hear the tiny wolf howling in the bell jar. Then we'd go to...

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 I flipped through outdated magazines with other solemn strangers.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...

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...