by Katie | Apr 23, 2018 | Essay, Family, Life is Long
Image alt text: A black American Shorthair cat lounging on its side, with purple flowers in the foreground. This is not a photograph of Princess Richard, who is far more snooty looking. Two weeks ago, my cat, Princess Richard, was attacked by a “large...
by Katie | Apr 8, 2018 | Creative Writing, Essay, Family, Life is Long, Sports, Travel
Note: This is an original essay that I’m publishing for the first time here on my blog. This essay is dedicated to my father. My father is smart to bring a sleeping bag for me. He is correct to figure that his nine-year-old daughter doesn’t share his...
by Katie | Jan 9, 2018 | Creative Writing, Essay, Life is Long, Travel
[Alt Text for banner image: A sunset photograph of Camden Yards from the 18th Floor of an adjacent hotel.] I lived in Baltimore many years ago. I earned my master’s in creative writing here. When I was riding in from BWI, my Lyft driver, who is relatively new to...
by Katie | Oct 19, 2017 | Life is Long
We have a lot of really large vultures in our neighborhood. They hang out, like a feathery biker gang, cool in their black coats, eyeing you as you go by, larger than you’d expect. We’re not a neighborhood full of forests, or of deer or other animals, and...
by Katie | Mar 8, 2017 | Feminism, Freelance Academic, Life is Long, Social Justice
I woke up on International Women’s Day to this: yet another demand (via email) by a man I do not know for free labor by me for his personal benefit. In this case, the man wanted free career coaching, something I do for money. Requests like these happen far more...
by Katie | Jan 15, 2017 | Freelance Academic, Life is Long, Racial Justice, Social Justice
I woke up this Sunday morning worried about money—making enough of it, selling enough stories to make enough of it, saving enough of it for my kids’ school and for retirement and for emergencies, having enough of it for our monthly budget. I was worried that I...
