The Zoopness

The Zoopness: "To Sir, With Love"

The ghosts I’ve let down, the commandment I can’t keep, the insufficiency of grace, and the love that finds us anyway

Apr 19 • 

Alison J

May 2022

The Zoopness: "Doing something you do not understand for someone you love"

“I like to see people reunited-- I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can't tell fast enough... I like the hugging, the bringing together…

May 1, 2022 • 

Alison J

April 2022

The Zoopness: What I did on my mental health vacation

I'm sending you an eight page letter (from a silent monastery), and I enclosed it with a kiss

Apr 10, 2022 • 

Alison J

January 2021

The Zoopness: Rest and laughter are subversive acts

The world turned upside down

Jan 26, 2021 • 

Alison J

The Zoopness: We haven't met the new us yet

Raise a glass to freedom

Jan 20, 2021 • 

Alison J

The Zoopness: What kind of day has it been

“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” - James Baldwin

Jan 7, 2021 • 

Alison J

The Zoopness: Champagne problems 🥂🎊

That looks really hard and you’re doing a good job

Jan 1, 2021 • 

Alison J

December 2020

The Zoopness: Tis the damn season

It's always darkest before the dawn

Dec 13, 2020 • 

Alison J

November 2020

The Zoopness: It's always better when we're together

When giving is all we have

Nov 27, 2020 • 

Alison J

The Zoopness: The waiting is the hardest part

Anyone who has had the misfortune of watching a Notre Dame football game with me can tell you that I don’t handle suspense very well.

Nov 3, 2020 • 

Alison J

October 2020

The Zoopness: "Be ignited, or be gone"

What to do when the terrible thing you wish for comes true

Oct 4, 2020 • 

Alison J

September 2020

The Zoopness: People did not like it here

Greetings from the frontier of the apocalypse

Sep 12, 2020 • 

Alison J