Birdwatching (Sort Of)
Everything about Flaco, the owl that escaped its enclosure in Central Park Zoo and is now positively thriving as a free owl, is perfect. Manhattan Bird Alert...
All the Saddest Love Songs
I had a different thing all ready to go for today, but then I was on the bus listening to my playlist of love songs that is like 40 percent songs about being...
Delux Cafe
Isn’t it so nice to have a place? I don’t quite mean being a regular somewhere, though that, too, has its (often kinda parasocial) charms. It’s more like a...
Snow
Ed. note: This week’s edition of Enthusiasms is late, partially because I spent my Sunday with my good friend and her very cute baby (worth it) but also...
Complaining
A thing I have been working on for [redacted] years is where to put my feelings. What is the right balance between acknowledging something sucks and not...
Sewing Parts Online Dot-com
A year or more ago, I inherited a very old sewing machine that once belonged to my husband’s grandmother’s friend, Rina. I never met my husband’s grandmother...
French Lessons
This past fall, in Paris, I surprised myself. Je suis la jeune fille. I left a small black bag on the train, next to my seat, I said, in perfect French—or,...
Welcome to Enthusiasms
Subscribe now Let me (re)introduce myself Enthusiasms is a project I started some time ago, over on my website, and updated at what could generously be...