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Purple enough to make a doctor say “ew”

I love having a body. I think it’s fantastic. It can do all kinds of amazing things like stretch and dance and rub oil into skin. I try to remember my…

May 21 •

Denise S. Robbins

I heard a Senator poop and he didn't wash his hands

I was on Capitol Hill to research my absurdist politics novel, and by research I mean, capturing vibes. I’m not writing about any particular real person…

May 7 •

Denise S. Robbins

April 2023

I must be part plant, because I bloom in the springtime. The sun returns, the warmth returns, and a fizzy joy—I feel it in my chest. My headaches clear…

Apr 23 •

Denise S. Robbins

There were flashing lights. People pouring out of our 300-unit apartment building. I’d just come back from Target with kitten food, toothpaste, and a…

Apr 2 •

Denise S. Robbins

March 2023

My book about time is late at the library. The book is called Timefulness and it’s about the lifecycle of our planet. The beginning. The snowball. The…

Mar 12 •

Denise S. Robbins

January 2023

A cat scratch, a portal

There’s a photograph of a ceiling hanging on our wall. It was taken at an angle, from below and to the side, in a construction zone, with stairs leading…

Jan 29 •

Denise S. Robbins

These shriveled fingers

These shriveled fingers are red with cold, engagement ring loosening, threatening to fall. We are getting our photos taken, standing on the ice with no…

Jan 15 •

Denise S. Robbins

RIP to the Christmas Trains, Hello to the New Year

Listen now (9 min) | A little holiday reading

Jan 1 •

Denise S. Robbins

December 2022

Seven thousand photos

In 2022, I took a thousand photos of things that don’t matter, and not enough of the things that do. I wrote a thousand little thoughts in the Notes app…

Dec 18, 2022 •

Denise S. Robbins

November 2022

I went down to get my mail and found a L.L. Bean catalog. I’ve never purchased anything from L.L. Bean, but I do happen to own a hand-me-down L.L. Bean…

Nov 13, 2022 •

Denise S. Robbins

October 2022

I’m a big baby (and so are you)

It was incubating. It was waiting. Did my writing seem low-energy two weeks ago? It was. I didn’t know it myself, but It was perched inside me…

Oct 30, 2022 •

Denise S. Robbins

The structure of a catfight

Feet Flatten everything. They flatten their ears, flatten their backs, burrow themselves into the hardwood floor, preparing for a leap. Preparing for…

Oct 16, 2022 •

Denise S. Robbins

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