The Paleo Project – Last Thursday was the last day of my last job and as they handed me a card, the cartoon one where a bunch of characters say “Don’t Leave” in various ways, I realized I had been given this same exact card at least four times and hoped that I wouldn’t receive this card again for… Read more

The Paleo Project – We spent five days visiting my sister and brother in Colorado in April and among the many things I love about the city of Boulder – the food, the culture, the cleanest air ever and the perpetual sunshine – our favorite thing is that a coffee shop, a good coffee shop, can be found on every… Read more

The Paleo Project – She’s almost seven but I don’t believe it. If I met someone and they were almost seven, I’d consider them a child, sure, but a baby? No. But I didn’t meet her when she was almost seven. I met her at three, and because of our consistent relationship, one in which I see her weekly,… Read more

The Paleo Project – This morning I’m tired. One minute it’s 9:30 and I’m psyched to be getting to bed early, the next it’s nearing midnight and I’m a complete mess fighting over the same things since ’08. James is not my first boyfriend, but it feels that way sometimes. There is much distinction between a relationship in your… Read more

The Paleo Project – I had to learn to love Rhode Island. I had to train myself. Like the prerequisites you have to take for the major you really want, Rhode Island was my Biology, my Algebra, my Foreign Language. It was no Creative Writing, or Film Studies or Journalism. It was no Young Adult Lit. No, Rhode Island… Read more

The Paleo Project – The Oil Cleansing Method (OCM) is probably the longest running skin routine I’ve ever had. Since last August, I have remained loyal to the method, except for the rare occasion I’m not home and use a store-brand face wash to remove makeup at a friend’s house. Click if you want to read about my experience with OCM. I’ve… Read more

The Paleo Project – The first three roles we play: mother, business woman and super model, are typically blurred when we’re young. We layer on necklaces and tilt a plastic bottle, stack papers and shift a babydoll on our hip, wobble in too-big heels and type nonsense on a keyboard. We glide from one role to the next, without… Read more

The Paleo Project – When I first stepped back from The Paleo Project, I wrote down two things on a sheet of paper: “Audience?” and further down the page, “What matters?” I underlined each set of words and set the paper aside. I didn’t actually plan on writing down the answers, still, those two questions circled around in my… Read more

The Paleo Project – Do you ever imagine what happens after “The End”? The weeks following the last page of a good book; the days after the final scene of a great movie? We’ve grown accustomed to this idea of “happily ever after” because most forms of entertainment lead us to believe that once ______ happens, we can walk… Read more