How One Writer Discovered Community Through Kombucha
It's the classic story: Girl meets neighbor, neighbor gives girl hunk of bacteria and fabulous tea recipe, girl's world grows wider and more wonderful with every batch.
I Never Thought I'd Get Married...Until I Did
How Mary Pauline Lowry went from knocking all things matrimonial to—surprise!—getting hitched.
The Origins of My Pyromania
I wondered if these urges would ever be appeased. But even as I hoped I would outgrow my love of fire, I took bigger and bigger risks. I would cover my arms with hair spray and then light them, watching the eerie blue flames dance over my skin before dunking them in a sink full of water. My childhood pyromania eased boredom, fulfilled a longing for rebellion and burned away a stymied restlessness. But it was a pastime, even I could see, that would come to no good end. Or so I believed.
How a Witch Cured My Writerly Envy
The Oracle told me we would no longer use the words “envy” or “jealousy” to describe this emotion that had ahold of me. Envy was a demon that inhabited me and so we would call it a demon, and in the course of the spell we would drive the demon out.
Watching Assumptions Walk Out the Door
Before I started, I had already formed a view of what my role would be. Abused women would arrive, meek and sweet, and I would listen to their stories, help them feel safe and get them back on their feet, and they would be grateful.