My current cat is Uncle Louie, a ten-year-old black-and-gray tabby, with big clear candid eyes marked with black eyeliner all… Read more companion

So much energy goes into reinforcing gender, I wonder how people have time to live their actual lives. Or maybe… Read more binary

The weather was lovely, the sun was out, and I didn’t have anything unusual on my schedule. So I did… Read more doing without

Humans are monogamous, but we’re really bad at it. As a friend recently said, she can understand why marriage was… Read more division of labor

I was out with my adult child today, and we passed by a new store selling clothing with sports team… Read more tatty

On the bus coming home from errands yesterday, I was reading a memoir by a distinguished poet (I’ve been reading… Read more youth