Cartoon of woman doing bicep curls

I Don’t Know How to Breathe

There was a time in my life when exercise was called “having fun.”  I remember abruptly when it ended.  My twin sister and I were chasing each other, laughing, lost in some game, and then we ran to our older sister to see what she was doing. “Gross!” she said. Read more…

Dragonrider

It’s weirdly easy for me to pinpoint the moment I became a science fiction fan: it was when I discovered the paperback spinner rack in the library.  I was in elementary school still, but I was allowed to check out these grown-up books!   I remember “I, Robot” catching my eye Read more…

a man picks up a clock saying, "Oh look free time - where you using this?" woman stands by saying "No knock yourself out"

What I don’t do

“How do you get it all done?” someone asked me recently, and she wasn’t the first. “I want to see your daily routine, learn your secrets.” I gape around my messy desk, my ever-increasing to-do list, and marvel. Every day, I faff about on the internet, procrastinate, and lay on Read more…