Category: the girl behind the screen

Like Joe

Are you guys familiar with Farmer Joe’s Hot Day? I used to work at Scholastic. It was my first job out of school — I started as a summer student, not getting paid to get through the slush pile. It was my favorite. I read potential books all day long…

No I Don’t Want To Apply For Your Store Credit Card And Other Nos

For Chanukah this year my husband bought me two pairs of flannel pajamas that I handed to him and said, “Here! Buy me these!” He also bought me a gorgeous brand new 35mm lens that I sent him a link to and said,”Here! Buy me this!” I also got two…

A Moon Landing, Essentially.

It’s been almost three weeks since I got on my scale. I believe this to be the most mentally healthy thing I have ever done in my livelong days.  Like clockwork, each morning I’d get on the scale and plan for the day. If the numbers were up, even slightly,…