A new follower on Twitter intrigues me. I’m a discerning Twitter follower. Just because you follow me, doesn’t mean I’ll follow…
1 December 2014
If Gemma Teller Were on Instagram
“You never heart my posts on Instagram,” a dear friends complains. “I heart you in person,” I counter, perplexed. “I…
26 November 2014
Happy Thanksgiving
When a friend and I trekked in the Indian Himalayas a few years ago, the two words we most frequently…
18 November 2014
Singapore’s Changi Airport
Singapore’s Changi Airport is not just another airport. It is a destination onto itself. It’s Oz, the Emerald City, minus…
13 November 2014
Catcher in the Sky
Last May, I stood aloft on the trapeze platform at Circus Warehouse in New York, holding the trapeze bar, my body…
10 November 2014
Thanksgiving: Feeling Grateful
November has always been the toughest month of the year for me. In the Northeast, where I grew up and…
29 September 2014
Ode to Gus
A tarot card reader told me Gus considered himself a singer. He wasn’t barking at me when I came home,…
16 September 2014
Tales of Love in India and New York
For my first trip to India, my expectations were low. Friends who’d traveled extensively warned me against going there. “You’ll kill…
13 August 2014
Life Lessons Learned from Dogs
If Lucy were a person, she’d be medicated—Zoloft, Xanax, Valium. She’d be in psychotherapy two-three times a week, multiple 12-Step…
11 August 2014
Flying Happy, Joyous, & Free
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your…