text/textile
Occasional essays on writing, motherhood, and the intersection between text and textile.
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Friendship as creative mode
I went to graduate school in New York City a year after college for a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing. The best thing about being one of the younger students in the program was befriending writers who were a little older and much wiser than I. In
On celebrations and ceremonies
The night before our eldest son’s graduation from high school, the five of us go out to a quiet family dinner. The weekend calendar is already booked solid with events gathering different circles of family and friends; knowing how big celebratory moments can splinter your energy and attention, it
To have an audience with you
Our daughter is in the 7th grade and this is her second year participating in the Middle School musical. She is a part of the ensemble cast, which means she does not have any speaking lines, but sings and dances in all the group numbers. It is a role she
An acrostic micro-essay for Mother's Day
My mother is a serious person. She doesn’t read, she studies. The first time I was taught to annotate in literature class, I recognized it immediately as the way my mother combs through texts. She underlines and makes marginal notes for everything – even recipes, instruction manuals, museum pamphlets, and