Amy Lane CarstJudgment Day at the DMVEmily looks around the dull gray room, a monotone hum buzzing in her ears. She sizes up the other people waiting for their number to be…Feb 6, 2023Feb 6, 2023
Amy Lane CarstWhat is the State of Your Proverbial House?Imagine that you are walking up a steep, winding road to a solitary house perched atop a hill. In this house is your entire life, every…Feb 1, 2023Feb 1, 2023
Amy Lane CarstWhy Is It So Hard to Appreciate What We Have?Twenty five years ago, while still living in my Pennsylvania hometown, any reference to Vermont filled me with longing. As a child, my dad…Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023
Amy Lane CarstHow to Become Laid-back and Chill AFIf you’re reading this article, it’s likely that you do not currently identify as laid-back and chill AF. In that case, you’ve come to the…Jan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
Amy Lane CarstListening to Our Human Minds and Our Animal BodiesBesides language, the primary difference between humans and other animals is our capacity to plan for (and worry about) the long-term…Jan 25, 2023Jan 25, 2023
Amy Lane CarstWhat Makes a Good Life?In October 2020 I deleted my Facebook account, which had long been my platform of choice for distributing my largely essay-style writing…Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023
Amy Lane CarstThe Next Time You Encounter a Problem, Ask Yourself, “What Would My 90-Year-Old Self Do?”Currently and quite unexpectedly, I am hosting Marianne Landre Goldscheider, an 88-year-old German woman who fled the Nazi regime as a…Sep 24, 2020Sep 24, 2020
Amy Lane CarstMy Five-Phase Cycle of Life and Why I Will Never be RichI love to write privately and publicly; privately because I can write stream of consciousness without worrying about anybody else seeing it…Sep 2, 2020Sep 2, 2020
Amy Lane CarstWild ChildMy mind was just as fettered by the racist structures bestowed upon the children of the 80s and 90s as anyone’s. Racism was built into…Apr 27, 2019Apr 27, 2019
Amy Lane CarstAre My Kids Black?This Thanksgiving we were given a gift from the past. A family secret that once brought shame, now brings joy.Nov 29, 2017Nov 29, 2017