I'm not finding myself. I'm creating myself.
How shall I sugar? Let me count the ways. Crumbles atop golden butt’ry muffin, Frostings, car’mels, choc’lates, pies, crème brûlée. Nect’rous sugar, grant me your smile sacch’rine. When I am tir’d, poor, huddled, yearning to Breathe free, ard’rous sucrose, give me repose. Succor by sucker, it’d be pas-de-deux How many dulcet tidbits I’d enclose —If... Continue Reading →
It is 2014. From miles below, the glow of a bonfire flickering subtly beckons the kids. The drive up the mountain to the parking lot isn’t long, but it proves difficult for some of the smaller cars. A silver Honda creeps up the slope, slides a little to the right, corrects itself, and almost loses... Continue Reading →
My favorite color is the color of ice. (… According to an "About Me" project in high school.) I love the unidentifiable color tinge glossing over an ice cube when the light shines through. I also enjoy gazing into clear, clean, fresh water at the distorted pebbles and bubbles of light shimmering and dancing about on the bottom. So you could say... Continue Reading →
Did anyone else do this as a child when you woke up to a foot of snow? Our radio would announce school closings and delays, so if we opened our eyes to a significant amount of white in the morning, we'd eagerly race downstairs in our cozy pajamas and listen to the static-y CD player... Continue Reading →
I.. am terrified. Why? You may ask. You have a steady full-time job. Your hours are exactly the same each week. You're accepted to business school. You've just signed the last documents to become a homeowner. Why could you possibly be terrified? Well, first, those are all things that scare me. Although I enjoy having something to do each... Continue Reading →
Just Me 