My Writing on Medium
On my Medium account, you can find some of my narrative non-fiction. Most of my writing on Medium deals with sexuality and relationships, specifically non-traditional relationships. However, you will also find the occasional piece on expat life or motherhood.
On Vision and Depression
I first realized I needed glasses because I was struggling to maintain a C in my organic chemistry class. I had never struggled so much in…
Jul 28, 2018 / 6min read. Read More
The Small Animal Slaughter Going On In Southern Bulgaria and Why It’s Important to the U.S.
Over the past couple of weeks, Bulgarian Facebook has been blowing up with stories of the mass slaughter of animals supposedly infected…
Jul 17, 2018 / 6min read. Read More
Unfaithful
At night, in my dreams, I am terribly unfaithful to my husband. I fall asleep thinking of him and the two cheerful monsters we’ve created…
Jul 12, 2018 / 6min read. Read More
Exchange Point
Sweat rolled down the small of my back, pooling above the waistband of my sturdy Carhartts. I stopped on the packed dirt path and bent down…
Jul 01, 2018 / 6min read. Read More
Picking Poly Partners: Don’t Date a Douche
“You’re lucky he never called.”
Jun 21, 2018 / 6min read. Read More
Gergyovden: The Day of Saint George
Spring came to Bulgaria with a stutter — unexpected heat followed by a final week of snowstorms and then consistent tank top weather. If it…
Jun 20, 2018 / 5min read. Read More
Linguistic Influence, Culture, and Self: Finding Joy in Foreign Language
The other day I got caught up in one of those pointless debates in an expat forum. Pointless only because neither of us planned to budge…
Jun 20, 2018 / 5min read. Read More
When I Realized… that I liked other women.
The memory of the first time I realized I like other women stands out vividly against a gray backdrop of my early twenties. Everything else…
Jun 19, 2018 / 4min read. Read More
Carnival: Using Costume to Explore Self and Take the Plunge Into an Open Relationship
I’m not a young woman anymore. At thirty-four, I can still manage a night out drinking, but I pay for it with two days of sloshy headaches…
Jun 19, 2018 / 7min read. Read More