Avoidance Tactics
I’m avoiding writing an essay—or writing anything really—for the public because
to me it doesn’t make sense to just start talking about something anymore. I am
out of practice.
Melissa Hinshaw
Melissa Hinshaw is an artist and writer based in Northern California.
Hope Might Float
If you’ve ever lived in an area that has its own monthly neighborhood
newsletter, you might have seen a picture of a person holding up a past issue of
that monthly neighborhood
The Long Game
This past Sunday I went to see my grandma, my mother’s mother. She has had
cancer for five-plus years now and recently my mother emailed the family letting
us all know that
You Are Where You Eat
When I first moved to Sacramento I lived in the fixed-up garage (not fixed up to
building code, mind you; that’s why rent was affordable) of a nice couple in
their early
On Unreality TV
Whenever someone mentions that they can’t hang out after work past a certain
time on a certain weeknight because they have to go home (or to a friend’s
house) to watch