Changing Seasons
The last two mornings have been brisk. I step outside into cool air that prickles my skin. The long shadows in the morning hint at something new, something changing. Fall … Continue reading Changing Seasons
Category: My Life
Lessons From Teaching
In my experience, teachers learn as much as the students do sometimes, if not often. The list of things I have learned from my students, and from teaching, in the … Continue reading Lessons From Teaching
Journaling
Journaling, ya know, the ‘Dear Diary’ stuff where you write all your deepest secrets with a purple sparkly pen? Or maybe you think about bullet journals that look so gorgeous … Continue reading Journaling
‘Adulting’ is Ridiculous
I have a quibble with the world. Many actually, but we are only talking about one of them today. I have a quibble with ‘adulting’. The phrase, the reasoning behind … Continue reading ‘Adulting’ is Ridiculous
Moving a Life
Moving is a funny thing. Taking belongings from one place to the other shakes off the dust and brings things to light that perhaps I wanted to stay hidden. It … Continue reading Moving a Life
Fear and Wattpad
About once a year, I take stock of my writing and tell myself that I should get serious about it, or relegate it to hobby status. Do I actually want … Continue reading Fear and Wattpad
Contentment with Life
One day I picked my head up from the nitty gritty of life, looked around, and thought to myself. ‘This is the life I always wanted. I made it. So … Continue reading Contentment with Life
Dear Younger Me
Dear Younger Me, You wrote so many letters to me, your older, hopefully wiser self, that I thought it would only be fair to write one back. I wish you … Continue reading Dear Younger Me
What College Taught me About Life
College. It seemed like a great idea at the time! For those of you who don’t know or have simply forgotten, for the last year and a half, ish, I … Continue reading What College Taught me About Life
A Bubble of Sound
I am afraid. I am terrified. Not of the dark, or of the sounds outside. I am afraid of what is lurking in the dark, of what could have made … Continue reading A Bubble of Sound
No Nano for Me
I have done NaNoWriMo for years. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not. But I always tried at least. I always put words down on paper that weren’t there before. There were years … Continue reading No Nano for Me
Stories in Life, September 2021
Well hello October. Excuse me while I glare at you over a mug of tea. You aren’t supposed to be here yet. I swear August was just yesterday. And don’t … Continue reading Stories in Life, September 2021
The Beauty of a Story 