It’s easy to be happy online. You work to put together the filter, the caption, the hashtags, the everything, and the end product is this...

Her knee jiggles. Incessant anxious energy has made its home in her veins, moving through her as steadily as blood. Today, though, the...

When I moved to Boston in 2017, I wanted to be a clinical psychiatrist. After working as a therapeutic writing facilitator, I was so...

Fish cakes, I think. I don’t write much about my home situation anymore, but it’s not because I’m not happy. Quite the opposite. It just...

For Paul Farmer: You lived a life full of good works. Though you now rest, your work lives. Thank you. The young man who lives above the...

It’s been a few weeks since I ended a year-long habit of going to therapy on a regular basis. The last time I ended my session, it was...

This is an old piece I always thought of doing something with. Looking back at it now, I’m happy to let it be. It’s been such a long time...

Jackson Square and warm weather With your cayenne lips still burning, you drive up the interstate. Family far behind, it’s easier to be...

Going back to your Gulf Coast hometown after a long time is weird, a little uncomfortable, especially in the middle of a highly...

Before writing my wraps, I always read the previous year’s publication. 2020 sucked, didn’t it? As some of you may feel like 2021 flew by...

In the attic there lives a ghoul. His name is Frank. He is not loud. He does not take up much space. He does not eat food. If you didn’t...

La Fontaine Park on a crisp Sunday afternoon. Montreal is a very clean city. More than that, it is a very approachable city. Even though...

After two straight months of no rest, I have at last arrived on the other side. All of my creative projects are still here, unfinished,...

In Salem, there are a lot of doors. There are a lot of doors to be seen and a lot of doors to be seen by the right pairs of eyes. Not...

Every year, the master’s students I work with at Harvard give a five-minute presentation on the work they’re doing out in the field. It’s...

“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.” Oscar Wilde Twenty years is a long time. It’s time enough to live a full...

This blog has seen a lot of me. More than that, it’s seen a lot of my work. Over the last four or five years, I’ve written hundreds of...

Madelyn sets the crossword to the side. None of the answers are right, but she still managed to make everything fit. Making yourself...

Madelyn finishes The Plain Dealer’s daily crossword puzzle in thirty minutes flat. She gets up from the kitchen table for a second cup of...

Maintaining motivation is hard. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD, and it sort of put my whole life into perspective. The diagnosis...