a virgo's guide to the universe

This is Day 15 of a 21-day series. More scoop on the who/what/why, here. Change happens a little bit at a time, then all at once. Or at least, it seems to happen all at once. Ten-year “overnight” successes are inevitably outed as a series of dreary, plodding steps, missteps and backtracking, fueled by hope [...]

This is Day 13 of a 21-day series. More scoop on the who/what/why here. I was always a precocious child in ways that would annoy a grownup, but keep me from getting into any serious kind of trouble. Loved Dover sole almondine, for example, but never developed a taste for setting things on fire. Cultivated a [...]

This is Day 11 of a 21-day series. For more scoop on the who/what/why, go here. The cane above, tipped in real gold at the business end, ivory street-side, and ebony in between, was mine in the game of Snotty Ladies, because it was the finest, and I was the originatrix of the game. Droit [...]

This is Day 9 of a 21-day series. For more scoop on the who/what/why, go here. For more detail on the whole, freaky globe-fixation thing, go here. Once upon a time, a very glamorous girl from Jewish Insurance Money in Des Moines, Iowa met the scrappy son of a Russian-born dry-goods salesman from Moline, Illinois. [...]