He taught me how to play chess when I was 5. We would sit quiet for long minutes, him, waiting for my move, while I was lost in my thoughts. After a while, he would ask “are you ready” and of course I wasn’t, so he would take my queen and make the best damn move so I would win. Checkmate.

Everyone who has owned a cat at some point knows that such thing as “having” a cat simply does not exist. It’s an oxymoron. Unlike happy and faithful dogs, cats have a completely different kind of presence.

I was thinking about distracting B by telling her the story of my friend who found a naughty squirrel in his house, stuffed it in a bag, and drove it all the way to Cypres Hill in Brooklyn to release her, because he liked the band called Cypress Hill.

It is the light in most hotel rooms that is different. Often, it is the only element that adds some character to the otherwise indifferent space. This is what creates The “Edward Hopper” atmosphere. The light and the bare life underneath.

Just like eggtuition, “vulping” is a word which does not exist in official language. And yet, even if you don’t know what that means, you might have done it in your life. It is very likely that you ever “vulped” a thing. Wait...you did what??

...and that’s how this soup happened - with some cooktuition, I believe, the diversity of my place was transformed into a dish.