In their short-lived time as caterpillars, all they do is grow. That combines eating, pooping, sleeping, and molting. Rinse and repeat. My job is to clean the cages every other day, provide fresh and well-hydrated and parasite-free milkweed leaves for them to tuck into, and to wait. And watch. And wait…
Continue readingIt wasn’t until I decided to marry again that I realized how completely uncertain and illogical marriage is. The second time around, you can’t hide behind romantic innocence. You already know how easy it is to take another person for granted. You know how hard it is to live with someone else: to build intimacy over years, to grow without stealing all the available sunlight and food, or to simply like that other person day in and day out despite chore wars, seat-up/seat-down debates, and other domestic disputes such as appropriate use of mayonnaise in sandwich-making (never versus always). The second time around, you already know how easy it is to fail. [more…]
Continue readingToday I got called a “filthy jew.” This is not the first time it has happened, and in keeping with past instances, it appeared on the Internet and from an unnamed source….
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