Free Haircuts in Honour of June

My mother kept a lock of my hair from the first time I had my haircut as a baby. I remember seeing an envelope with […]

Unwanted Mails for the Deceased

Imagine a family member dies. Let’s call her Aunt Jo. You live with Aunt Jo in the same household. A week after she died, there’s […]

Kate Spencer’s mom died of cancer. She was 27 then. To help her navigate through her grief, she wrote The Dead Moms Club. Here’s a […]

I enjoy my phone conversations with my stepdaughter. Let’s just call her Anna.* She’s a musician in her early 20s and lives in another part […]

I’m Iris. A perfectly imperfect human. I’m pleased to meet you! Among other things, I’m a mother, a cohouser and an impresario of events that […]