Archive - Everything is Liminal

Finding quiet in a world of breaking news

A little beauty amid chaos.

Jul 24 •

A garden (and a blog) grows in Brooklyn

Retirement projects and spouses on social media.

Jul 17 •

Summer is summering, and an empty New York minute

Waiting out a heatwave and a (mostly) photo essay of The Cloisters.

Jul 10 •

Health insurance in America is a gamble

The terrifying prospect of losing your coverage—I can't wait till I'm old enough for Medicare.

Jul 3 •

June 2024

We are all stars under the same night sky

Chasing after the lightness of youth. Can we ever recapture that feeling again?

Jun 26 •

Life is one big curveball

The letdown and the start of summer. Plus, a strawberry pie recipe from the archives.

Jun 19 •

Internet rabbit holes and a war on moths

Critters and dust bunnies are everywhere—and the true definition of Spring cleaning.

Jun 12 •

A reminder that there was life before kids

An empty nest preview. It's gonna be okay.

Jun 5 •

May 2024

A letter to my brother, ten years later

Siblings are the forgotten mourners.

May 29 •

Grief and joy can coexist

Dispatches from the art studio (aka my couch), the symbolism of peonies, and examining the complexities of my grief for my father.

May 22 •

The walls of silence

How a car accident, an email, and time chipped away at the walls between us. An essay on being mothered and being a mother.

May 15 •

When nuance is lost

Culture wars and the sensationalized news coverage of campus protests in mainstream media.

May 8 •

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