Reading Time: 7 minutesIs there anything so humbling as learning another language? Is anything so good at obliterating your dear ego? To speak another language, you have to release the …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is my homage to T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“. If you have not read “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“, …
Reading Time: 11 minutes*names, numbers, and locations have been changed to protect the privacy of fascinating people. One time, I pitched my writing in exchange for lodging, like some kind …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI love parties. I love hosting. I hate party planning. I’ve been trying this new thing for the last few years where I try to be a …
Reading Time: 8 minutesScott City High School Class of ‘07 was a graduating class of about 60 people. There had been more of us starting out. But naturally, some decided …
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn archaeologists, you will find an under-appreciated group of interesting dirtbags. I walked among them for a while, parading as one myself. In my first semester of …
Reading Time: 6 minutes“You remember when I had to catch the school bus in the rain, so Ma put bread bags over my shoes and made me wear a trash …
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe bell rang to dismiss our 5th-period English Lit III class. “Caitlan, Olivia, Emma, and Noah. Can you stay for a moment, please?”, Mrs. Murphy asked. That …
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen I turned 16, I started working at a 1950s-themed diner off Interstate 55. One night, there was nothing I wanted more than to run away with …
Reading Time: 6 minutesMy Uncle Moe. God rest his soul. He died in November 2019 when he left his lane and hit a semi head-on. He had to have emergency …
