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photo credit: Shutterstock July, 2023 I enjoy the musty funk of summer, but fall is still my favorite season. It’s the promise of cooler weather, red and yellow speckled trees, and squirrels digging their teeth into pumpkins left on my porch. Most importantly, fall always meant that school was starting again, and I am that […]

Note: Although this is an older book, Stiff is still interesting, gross, and relevant today. I recently finished reading it and hope you find my review helpful! Deathly Decisions Today, legal consent and regulation oversee the use of a deceased body for research or organ donation, but a few centuries ago scientists took an unscrupulous […]

Check out my guest post at Intima and their blog Crossroads! https://www.theintima.org/blog/an-abortion-doula-and-the-greatest-professional-calling

So excited and honored that my personal essay, “Abortion Waiting Rooms,” was published today in the fall 2022 edition of Intima. You can check it out here and also take a look at other beautiful pieces created by fellow artists. I am grateful for my family, who gave me the time, space, and encouragement to […]

At a typical dinner in my house, we avidly discuss—to some people, at least—the grossest things. When the kids were younger, some conversations at mealtime were about nasal discharge and vomit. I asked my son to please throw the dirty tissue paper filled with his snot into the garbage. When my daughter was sick, I […]