September: The Back To School Letter
Did you do the homework?
It’s Monday night and I’m sitting at my apartment table, inhaling Thai food from some place near me in Brooklyn. It’s 80 something degrees outside, but this morning I could’ve sworn I felt autumn in my bedsheets. The spicy oil and coconut milk is catching at my mouth in a way that’s uncomfortable, but confirms that my food is at the right spice level (…