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Emperor of the Sidewalk

I go on a lot of walks. Nearly every evening, I walk around the neighborhood. Adding up the miles over the years I’ve lived in DC, I could have walked…

Nov 26 •

Denise S. Robbins

There is a war raging in the basement of my apartment building. In the resident gym, there are four television screens. For a long time, they were…

Nov 5 •

Denise S. Robbins

October 2023

(Not) looking at you (not) looking at me

I was eating a sandwich on a bench by the water when a sparrow approached. He flew down and landed three feet away. I don’t know if you’ve ever had a…

Oct 1 •

Denise S. Robbins

September 2023

The wedding photos are ruined

(but not the ones that matter)

Sep 10 •

Denise S. Robbins

July 2023

I took a gondola for the gondola’s sake. If there’s a gondola, there must be a rider of the gondola. That was me, and two friends, with time to kill in…

Jul 16 •

Denise S. Robbins

Are we breaking or are we healing?

The morning after Canadian wildfires gave DC a code-red AQI, a small glob of blood came out of my nose. For the first time in my recollected life, I had…

Jul 2 •

Denise S. Robbins

May 2023

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

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