Free Range Kid
Day of fears overcome
America is obsessed with “National __ Day” celebrations. When I first heard of one, National Ice Cream Day, I thought, “This [...]
Workout mat’s therapy session
The conversation begins this way, more or less predictably: “And how does that make you feel?” “Well, obviously not good.” “Expand [...]
The frosting first manifesto
To: Eat the Cake First and Save the Frosting, the Best, for Last, to the attention of the party chairperson Good [...]
I go to… America!
It hit me recently that while travelers and bloggers who fall for Italy can’t get enough of conveying their rapture, the [...]
The gridlock called regret
I wish I could tell you just which Los Angeles freeway I was on when, gridlocked, I took to pondering whether [...]
Reflections on rejection
When, regardless of the setting, people hear that I’m an actress, they usually have four comments that follow each other in [...]
Give me back my coloring book!
Dear Grown-Up Nora: Lots of time has passed since my last assessment of you, which was when you (we) were eight. [...]
Step aside, Victor Hugo
I once envied the lucky critics able to reflect at length on the works of Proust or Dickens with near-casual ease. [...]
Life in phone hell
Today I’m here to address a life-long fear I’ve carried with me from year to year, from country to country, from [...]
666 to Hell’s kitchen: Get creative!
From: Satan, Post Office Box 666, New Jersey Turnpike (please leave pitchfork shipments with red-uniformed concierge) To: Pet Peeves Department (PPD) [...]
Superhero on a budget
I was listening to a podcast with Robert Downey Jr. the other day. He gained worldwide notoriety for playing Iron Man [...]
Now a word from COVID customer service
God's HR & Assorted Species department has received billions of reviews of COVID-19. Here are two recent comments. Warning: Contains lots [...]
“Free-Range Kid” Author

Eleonora Saravalle
Milan-born Eleonora Saravalle recently graduated from Brown and is an aspiring writer and actress based in Los Angeles.