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30 Seconds
Posted on January 23, 2016 Leave a Comment
Do you ever have those moments where you just lean back and wonder how you got here? Some days I feel like I have the world at my fingertips. But other days, I feel like I’m stuck in a pattern and this is it. There’s nothing else. I’m sure you can guess which day I’m having. And […]
Blogging 101
Posted on January 13, 2016 Leave a Comment
I have trouble getting started with something. As a writer, I keep a creative journal, trying to make myself write a little each day. I love starting a new journal. Those crisp, white, clean page, a blank canvas ready to be covered with words. I look at those pictures of smash-books and think “I want something […]
The return of the crayons
Posted on October 29, 2015 Leave a Comment
I was coloring before it was cool. The comforting smell of crayola crayons. That large box complete with a sharpener in the back. The feeling of a freshly-sharpened colored pencil meeting the paper. Growing up, I loved coloring. And that love never dissipated. I found that the best way to relieve stress when I was in […]
To be or not to be
Posted on October 23, 2015 4 Comments
To be or not to be. Arguably the most well known phrase in the English language. Benedict Cumberbatch took his turn playing the lead in Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the National Theater in London. Watching it streamed in a buttery-smelling movie theater in Omaha NE doesn’t have quite the same feel. But the production was phenomenal, nonetheless. I […]
Day Two
Posted on October 15, 2015 Leave a Comment
I have reached Day Two off coffee. My head is pounding and I feel extremely spacey. Sleep is knocking but I’m trying to shake it off. I’m pretty sure the coffee pot has started taunting me. I mean, I can just hear it calling out from the break room. But my willpower is strong and […]
Are you really Living?
Posted on October 11, 2015 Leave a Comment
I often sit back and ask myself that question. Am I really living? I have a job. An apartment. I successfully keep my tank of fish alive. I get all these things done every day. But when do you reach that point in your life where you feel like you’re finally living? When do you hit that […]
Living for today
Posted on October 8, 2015 2 Comments
I’ve always loved the infinity symbol. A never-ending loop, weaving back and forth between itself. In this world, we are surrounded by infinities. As John Greene put it so perfectly in The Fault in Our Stars, “some infinities are bigger than other infinities.” But we still get our own infinity, and it’s up to us to make […]
Giving into the madness
Posted on January 4, 2015 Leave a Comment
Writing comes in swaths before giving me a period of lull. I never know when it’s going to happen or what starts it. Picture this. I was in the middle of highway, driving 70 mph in the rain, when an entire story popped into my head. Just like that, an entire story. I don’t know […]
I swear, it’s research
Posted on December 26, 2014 Leave a Comment
Sometimes I use google incognito, but not for the reasons you’re thinking In this past month, I’ve researched: Salem witch trials and the Devil How to break out of a train car How to easily kidnap a large group of people Most common evidence left at a crime scene Best ways to kill witches gross sounding […]
Who let the English major in the kitchen?
Posted on November 23, 2014 1 Comment
In January 2013, I spent a month in Tanzania. There’s a lot I miss about my time there: the beautiful skies, the welcoming people, when giraffe sightings became the norm. But if there’s one thing I miss more than others: Chipsi Mayai, or, as we “mzungus” called it, a “fromlette.” (Although I’m not quite sure […]
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