June 7, 2026

The end of a long, joyful day at Pittsburgh Pride. My knees still aren't speaking to me after I danced thru most of the parade, but my heart is full. Let your love be loud.

 

May 31, 2026

I was flattered to be asked by the organizers of my college class' 40th reunion to read a poem for the dedication of a new tree and bench on the campus. Though I still think "The Inclusivity Tree" is kind of a stupid title, it captures the gist of the piece, which uses my own story as an example of why inclusivity at institutions of higher learning is so important—how it can not only promote growth, but sometimes help foster miracles.

 

 

September 4, 2025

I cooked a big batch of chocolate chip cookies yesterday after my work shift. Some went in the freezer, but the rest on top of the fridge are the most evil sirens you can imagine.

  

August 18, 2025

I walked into my kitchen a few minutes ago to make myself a drink, and asked the pothos plants on the window sill, aka my monsters, where all the dishes in the sink had come from. They didn't look guilty, exactly... 

August 2, 2025

This is the first time I've ever entered a contest like this, and I did so only because the press is located in Pgh. Not the result I was hoping for, but I'll take the kudos.

  

July 17, 2025

My poem "The Rivers in Me" is out in The Rowayat, a journal that asks contributors to submit work that is "in dialogue with the transnational social realities of the Afro/Arab regions and their diaspora communities," if they themselves are not of Arab/SWANA descent. I was tickled that a piece by a WASPy AF middle aged queer woman taking a famous Langston Hughes poem as its point of departure fit the bill.

July 16, 2025

Just heard "Pink Pony Club," or most of it anyway, for the first time, and I expect the scars will heal in a couple of weeks.