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  • It’s a privilege, I suppose, that my ankle recovery has been going so smoothly that I no longer need three physio appointments a week, consistently missing the closing time of the place around the corner selling those cardamom buns.

  • A drawing of pen schmutzes and two billboards turning them into abstract art

    Making the best of a mess

  • Dogs, I’ve learnt, have a majestic ability to recover after trauma. Zev just fell her equivalent of five stories to the floor, and after deep howling, shaking it off multiple times, cuddles, a near-instant nap, and a wee she is prancing around the living room as though nothing happened. I want to be her when I grow up.

  • Week 29: Sister

    An Afropean person stands in an Amsterdam street, lovingly looking down at an eight-week-old corgi puppy in their arms
    I present to you, my daughter, Zev Bialy Costanza

    This week’s win

    I know I’m jinxing it by even saying so, but the fact that our brand-new puppy Zev Bialy Costanza has not had a single accident in the house feels gratifying and exciting. We brought her home on Wednesday from the two darling corgis who gave birth to Lemonade almost three years ago.

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  • In my lifetime, I haven’t seen one marketing tactic more effective in turning the heads of most men and a considerable collection of women than a KLM flight attendant traveling to the airport in full bright blue attire.

  • I dreamed both Anja and I, despite our complete lack of experience, got accepted into Harvard on a tapdancing scholarship. Anja said during her admissions interview that she had no intention of actually learning tap. I was considering it.