My Virginia Woolf Exit

I shifted in my seat, uncomfortable; the hard edge of the wooden stool jutting into my bone. I’d lost so much weight…running for miles and barely eating.  Malibu in the summer. Nobu. Sequestered over in the corner of the bar. I didn’t want to see anyone, wasn’t even quite sure tonight would be the night. Until I heard the steady crush […]

Hole in the Sky

​My seventh grade locker stood beside Beth’s and that’s how we met. Her air preceded her; a waft of “Jeans” cologne, a “freshness”; clean and sweet as her fair aisle sweaters and orange levi cordorys, sized 26. Mine were 30 and I had two coveted, expensive pair. Beth had one in every color. The day […]