Here we are, a handful of humans licking and petting each other to make noises and fluids come out. Pregnancy heightened this already primal experience—we all had to navigate around the obvious obstacle (my son in my protruding belly) and it forced us to communicate even more. My husband ...
Couples married for barely three years will already be neglecting the essential, and spend the next thirty at arm’s length from one another; private separations occur that are as powerful, and perhaps more pernicious, than if they were public; each partner lives, and remains, on his or her...
She ruminates about how there’s always a crisis (CRISIS) with humans, and I suppose that’s true…on infinite earths, you could even say. So we sound our victory cheer Doc and his band of merry humans and demons are free from their cells but can’t open the door to get out. Just...
it’s a photo from the morning i decided on a different path for the future. a different kind of joy. i just didn’t know it at the time. the path won’t be linear. it never was. but we as humans are remarkably good at hatching new worlds from the tiniest pixels. we have to ...
d suddenly be a connected father and husband. Other men with exactly the same emotional issues—regardless of what they are (and we cannot know what is inside another person)—might turn to alcohol and staying in bars all night. Or drugs. Or internet pornography… We humans have a wide ...
Similar to the book, the film is set in an alternate history version of nineteenth-century England where wolves roam the countryside. The animals prance around the wintery landscapes causing fear for those humans who spot them. The experience is playful and escapist with similarities to both Olive...
The final mile-and-a-half back to the South Rim was arduous not only because of the steep inclines, but also because it featured snow and ice and plenty of other humans, some in large groups. Dozens of hikers in all shapes and sizes and ages and footwear (including boat shoes and Ugg...
The first ___ of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane ___ on: Fasten Your Seat Belts. Then, after a while, a calm voice said, “We shall not be ___ the meal at this time ___ we are expecting a little turbulence (气流). Please be ___ your seat belt i...
Trying to keep going while the alien fungus is creeping closer and the infected animals, birds and once-humans are increasing is a tall order. There is less and less of what there should be and this is becoming a huge problem. There is however some light at the end of this tunnel thoug...
The emergence of an epidemic in my area has forced me to park at home for an indeterminate amount of time. A submicroscopic particle is bringing the world to its knees. Humans are being forced to accept that nature still exists, and we are subject to ancient laws. The current chaos and ...