Thoughts as My Twins Prepare to Drive

A very tiny essayI’ve signed my fifteen-year-old twins up for driver’s ed.They start in February—a month of freezing temperatures, ice, and snow.I’m skittish from a car accident.I scream easily.So, my 83-year old father—the man who taught me to drive in a parking lot...

This Substack's Got a New Name

Ink and Chaos is Now WHAT THE ACTUAL FLUXIn the midst of massive change—both personal and political—we long for meaning and connection. But sometimes, all we can do is ask: WHAT THE ACTUAL FLUX.Thank you, friends, for bearing with the title change. I think we’ve...

Newsletter Dropped

My December newsletter via SquareSpace just dropped. But that doesn’t mean I’ve dropped it.To drop or not to drop?I just sent out December’s Girl Meets Voice newsletter the old-fashioned way, via Squarespace. If you’d like to become a subscriber over there —...