My worst writing nightmare almost came true. — Writing, for me, is a lot like peeing. It starts with feeling a mild pressure deep in my loins, then the urge gets stronger and stronger until I just cannot take it anymore. Until it’s impossible to hold it all in and I have to spill the beans. …

Who I am, Why I write and What I write. It’s all here. — I’m going to start off by being honest because I harbor guilt over it — this post is about 1 month and 1 day late. I had originally intended to write and publish this About Me on my birthday this year, July 11, because I had done something I never…

Aftershocks continue in the Fish Roe vs. Sea Weed case — June 29, 2022, Washington D.C — Days after the Supreme Court Reps Of The Un-united Mansplaining States (SCROTUMS) ruled to overturn Fish Roe vs. …

Unstructured thoughts on the U.S Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade — I’m a woman in my late thirties and I don’t think I want to have children. My partner and I use protection to prevent unplanned pregnancies because we don’t believe we’re ready. We’ve been together a long, long time and, for us, the time has never been right — first…

Tried and tested, I assure you it works — My skin has been positively glowing lately. Soft and supple to the touch and sight, it has the characteristics of a freshly ripe peach — minus the fuzz because I shaved recently. I want to believe it’s all thanks to the $300 I spent at Sephora on skin care products…

Lots and lots of free bread in return for my hand — Blacksburg, VA — One day back in 2011, I answered a knock on my door and found three hot men standing outside, with a bag of bread in each of their hands. The first man — who looked like a fetus a cougar hunts down— spoke up: “Hi! I’m One, from…

Cue The Multi-Cultural Edit — If there is one identity I claim to be my own, it is that of being an OG desert island kid, because I was born and raised in a (desert island) country: The Kingdom of Bahrain. …

Plus other such suspicions — How well do you really know your partner? Or the people around you? Are they hiding their true colors from you or are you a good judge of character? Right now, I’m not so sure. I’m not sure at all. What’s so funny, punk? This morning, I saw my husband smiling into his phone…

Spoiler Alert: Mike is my Anxiety — The wheels in my head go round and round round and round, round and round The wheels in my head go round and round all through the day — © Mike, 2022 My nephew’s favorite Cocomelon rhyme transcends the television, permeates my skull, into my brain, and out through my…