Strange Little Index              

A

  • Attention, and how it terrifies people to know they are seen

B

  • Birds and the rules they live by

C

  • California, both as a place and an idea

D

  • Details in songs: the count-in, the lick, the hitched breath, the tone that changes everything

E

  • Excellent signage

F

  •  Freedom borne of no longer shrinking for approval

G

  •  Gorgeous imperfections

H

  •  Heirloom tomatoes, and other backyard experiments

I

  • Ideas held tightly, grasped too hard, released too soon

J

  • Juxtaposition that says everything

K

M

L

  • Language signaling something other than itself

  • Menus that know what they’re doing

N

  • Nature’s color combinations

O

P

  • Papaya and why something can taste delicious, yet smell of vomit

Q

  • Quiet betrayals that live inside of big stories

R

S

  • Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

T

  • Things we pretend are fun

U

  • Unspoken power slips

V

  • Violets, which have always felt like soulmates to me

W

  • What happens when the story breaks down

X

Y

Z