I started this blog almost a year ago with the obligatory New Year’s Reflection post. It’s strange that it’s already time for another one. 2014 wasn’t easy on us. There were empty spaces around our holiday tables, more stress…
25 and Familiar Things
No one rides the buses in New York City unless they have to. The subway takes a quarter of the time and is generally more reliable. But I kind of love the buses. I like the back right corner seat…
Autumn
Somehow, October happened. They turned on the heat in my apartment building, and it sounded like someone trying to break in with a corkscrew. The colors bled out of the leaves upstate and are still trickling down the East Coast….
A Letter to John Green
Dear John, A little over 9 years ago, you received an email from a 15-year-old girl who’d happened upon Looking for Alaska on the new release shelf of the YA section in Barnes and Noble. The book had been published a month…
Emergency Rooms, Surprise Visits, and One Year Down
After battling through the last few weeks, I’m finally home in Mississippi. I’d originally planned to spend the last couple of weeks of the semester finishing all of my classes and finals, celebrating the end of the year with my…
Tourist Time
I’ve fallen short in my blogging efforts these last few weeks due largely to A) work, B) pre-spring break busyness, and C) spring break computer avoidance. The week before spring break, my lovely friend Deenene came to stay with me. For the…
