It’s funny the things that come to you. You’re washing the dishes and suddenly remember how you once read in The Boxcar Children series that the characters washed their dishes in the stream with sand. You look at a flower you…
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An Epicurean Waxing and Waning
The first bites of chocolate cake are the sweetest. The first warm day of Spring is the most refreshing. The first moments of a new relationship are the most exciting. The world of firsts is ripe…
The Girl’s a Daydreamer
I’m beginning to think you’re a daydreamer. You’re like air, always floating. You get lost in your head, swirling around. I’ve heard it all. I simultaneously love and hate this aspect of myself. While I can…
The Sepia That Tinges My Bones
I woke up with an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia. I was in that tender place of almost lucid dreaming, hovering between worlds. It was raining. I was on my hands and knees washing my old…
The Burden We Feel
Sometimes I feel like the guy in this illustration. I don’t want to feel like the guy in this illustration. In fact, there is a lot of self-loathing going on when I think about why…
Words for the Collecting Seasons
Ever since I was a kid, the days following Christmas left me in a slump. The winter blues come on strong when all of the excitement and togetherness of Christmas suddenly leave you as…