Notes from the Dishwasher Café

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THE ASSIST
A quick note before I begin: I’m not terribly far away from a “bestseller” badge from Substack. I don’t know what this little badge actually means, but…
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SUBSTITUTIONS
Sometimes when we set about working with a recipe, we find that we don’t have all the ingredients after all. Once I tried to make Thai peanut chicken…
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PATCHY-ASS LIFE
For a minute, it was a normal morning. Two five-year-olds woke, each a shade of angry and disgruntled. They bashed their way down the stairs and stomped…
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AT THIS POINT WHY NOT
My husband: “Can you make some pasta for our two children while I finish this eighteen-course Mediterranean meal for our ninety-six guests?” Me: “Yes…
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GOOD MORNING HONEY WHO ARE WE TODAY
an exploration of selves with an excess of photographic evidence
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ONE STAR REVIEW
It is 6:06am. I’ve just been yelled at for the sixth time since bedtime last night for suggesting that my child, who has a fever of 104F and is sitting…
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SEND IN THE CLOWNS
My choices tend towards the screwy. Why not, for example—during a brief and intense era of squinting and straining to SEE ANYTHING AT ALL, when the most…
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Notes from the Dishwasher Café
Notes from the Dishwasher Café
A working poet & parent wrangles chaos. Humor as stethoscope, microscope, telescope.
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