I just heard the pilot talking to a maintenance worker about a concern with the left wing, and I boarded the plane anyway without asking a single question. Apparently I’m a person of great faith. Extremely religious.

I just paid the last of our surgery bills from the fall and the woman at the anesthesiologist's office said, "Wait, what?! You and BOTH your daughters had surgery all in the same month?!" Still wrapping my head around it...

Just finished this excellent book and I DEFINITELY recommend it. #bookrec #book #novel

Narrative matters in all things I guess... CJ McCollum has better career stats than Klay Thompson (PER and PPG), and similar stats to Reggie Miller. But Reggie's in the Hall of Fame, Klay will be, and people say CJ won't? Make it make sense? #NBA #Pelicans #Blazers #nbastats

I'm so impressed with these young writers! I was honored to be a judge for this writing competition, and I'm excited to see where these writers go next:

I’m so excited to read this book!

I love little pockets of wild land within any city. I always search for those wherever I go.

Read Across America Day! I’m reading The Great Transition today. What are you all reading? #ReadAcrossAmerica #ReadAcrossAmericaDay

I just watched a tiny hummingbird swoop and make an unbelievably loud chirping noise to scare a squirrel away from its nest. This little bird was fierce and relatable.

I know that my trauma is real and significant, but I also believe that a great well of sorrow allows for a greater capacity for joy. Today I was climbing in the sun with my good friend, and she brought her puppy along, and my joy was enormous.

NYT writer Melissa Kirsch on small victories: "I made chicken stock recently from scraps that had been sitting in the freezer for months. I felt a sense of accomplishment that I can only compare to what someone might experience after lifting a car off a trapped child."

I'm all in on DJ Burns over Zach Edey this weekend. Also, everyone's talking about Caitlin Clark... Meanwhile SC is out there at 36-0!!!! #NCAATournament #NCAAW South Carolina Women's Basketball #NCState dawnstaley #Iowa #CaitlinClark

My mantra for this coming week:

The women's natty was amazing. South Carolina was phenomenal. There was drama in the Final Four! Crazy scoring by Clark. But the men's side is unwatchable. Root for Dan Hurley? Uh, no... And Zach Edey just lumbering around? Women's final four all day. #ncaaw #FinalFour2024

Shoot, I was sure that Taylor Swift and Post Malone's "Fortnight" was actually "Fortnite" and gonna be on-brand. Big missed opportunity. #Fortnight #Fortnite #TaylorSwift #PostMalone

Cherry blossoms like snowdrifts against the curb, our lives against the concrete of this world.

For National Flash Fiction Day, here's my favorite flash piece ever: Bruce Holland Rogers' "Dinosaur":

Against Biden, Trump seemed young, capable, and ready to win. Against Harris, Trump seems confused, old, absurd, petty, and ignorant. We can see—in real time—that Trump is wishing Biden were back in the race. This is a murder. #Debate2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #Trump2024

Just saw an ad for "classic copies of The Canterbury Tales." Clearly whoever made that ad has not read Chaucer. Those of us who were lit majors in college know full well that The Canterbury Tales are 100% only for having on a book shelf just so other people can see them there.

Since people are asking about the book now that the American Afterlife podcast is out, I based the character Cielo (played by Scarlett Estevez) on my daughter, Rue Tortuga, but the mother character is based on my Mexican grandmother. #ScarlettEstevez #AmericanAfterlife #podcast