I write about my stressed, workaholic, self-effacing, overcommitted, coffee-fueled life. In 2020, my story in Narratively was one of the top three most read stories in 2020 and editor’s pick. I received a 2012 National Society of Newspaper Columnists award for www.schmeightschmatchers.com, a 2011 Memoir award from Writers Artists Collaborative, and three awards from Humorpress.com’s “America’s Funniest Humor”™ Showcase. My essay “Senseless in Seattle” appears in How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel and Other Misadventures Traveling With Kids, edited by Sarah Franklin in 2008.

Ivy Eisenberg 1/18/21 Ivy Eisenberg 1/18/21

How the Zoom Minyan Brought Me Closer to Judaism

The pandemic Zoom brought me to a daily minyan, and the minyan brought me deeper into Judaism.

Ivy Eisenberg 12/14/20 Ivy Eisenberg 12/14/20

Connections

My dad’s recliner sits smack in the middle of my sister’s house.… it’s this ugly, murky blue color, the kind of blue that goes with absolutely nothing . . .

Ivy Eisenberg 1/1/20 Ivy Eisenberg 1/1/20

I Quit My Job at 50 to Reinvent Myself. Pro Tip: Don’t Do This.

My fantasy was to escape from the corporate grind. After a taste of freedom and months of hare-brained schemes, I begged to be captured again.

Ivy Eisenberg 3/4/12 Ivy Eisenberg 3/4/12

Tonsillectomy 1966

My parents said they’d move the TV from the living room up to our room, which actually made me more nervous. If this tonsil operation was such a small deal, why was there such a huge payoff?