A Rabbit Noticed My Condition “I was sad one day and went for a walk; I sad in a field. A rabbit noticed my condition and came near. It often does not take more than that to help at times – to just be close to creatures who are so full of knowing, so full […]
It began with a text exchange: Hey Rachel, that’s a sexy, sassy new POF profile! …What new profile? …Uh, you’d better call me. A friendly Fish directs me to the username of the new profile that has cropped up on Plenty of Fish. “It’s definitely you,” he says with animated concern, “The pictures are of […]
What crossing your eyes has to do with gratitude. Cross your eyes. Go ahead. Do it. “It’s as plain as the nose on your face,” they say, and if you take a moment to cross your eyes, sure enough, you’ll see that there is a big, dark, shiny thing that lives right between your […]
Sweet, sweet freedom. Oh the freedom to date whomever I want, whenever I want! To run amok with plenty of fishies, tinder dandies, and e-harmonics! What could possibly be more liberating that to have the absolute freedom to date anyone I want without commitment or a care in the world! Right? Hmmm. Actually, no. I […]
I love to live in denial. Not deliberately, of course, but it kind of slips in around the edges, hovers just outside of the edges of my vision. And the funny thing about denial is that I don’t even know it’s there. And when it finally swims into focus, the wake up is often astonishing. […]
When I was a kid and my parents wanted to have a “talk,” that meant something bad was about to happen. Usually I had done something thoughtless like forget to clean the birdcage, left a mess the basement, or hurt my sister’s feelings. “Rachel!” a voice would shout up the stairs, “Did you leave the […]
I’ve recently returned to the online waters after a hiatus. Towards the end of my last go-round, I had gotten to the point where I was dismissing profiles with incredulous gasps and eye rolling. “OMG, can you believe this one?” I said to my girlfriend, “His only picture was clearly taken at his wedding and […]
I was a theatre actor for many years, and I had terrible stage fright. About a week before the show, the little hamster voices inside my head started to whisper: “You’re going to trip.” “You’re going to mess this dance step up. It’s so hard. You messed it up in rehearsal.” “You’re going to go […]
I have a bad habit of reading my phone while walking into heavy traffic. Yesterday, walking to lunch, I had to deliberately return my phone to my bag on three separate occasions after, zombie like, my hand decided to reach in and pull it out. “No, Rachel, No!” I muttered out loud, as if my […]
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