grandpa-in-bed vibes

24 hours of dungeon-ing around, streaming non-stop Harry Potter, mashing potatoes and bananas into near drinkable slop for M, who’s just had all four wisdom teeth removed. She said her tongue feels

the family curse

One of the more annoying features of my German-ness is the whiskers that increasingly grow out of my face. I spend an inordinate amount of time feeling around for them with my fingertips

scooter musings

There’s a lot of time to think when you’re sitting on the back of a scooter, being chauffeured between the coastline and the interior of Bali. There are frangipani flowers peppering

Mindy's memoir & ancestral rabbit holes

Spent the entire day oscillating between two activities: #1 Reading Mindy Kaling’s first memoir: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And other concerns) I’ve been looking to witty memoirists lately as

recently sighted

A tsunami evacuation route notice featuring the man from the men’s bathroom sign, leaping in suspended animation towards a triangle hill, as he’s chased by a white block of wave. Fliers