You Gave Me Q’s and I Gave You A’s
I’ve been too busy to blog lately but I felt really guilty about this last night and asked all of you via social media to send me some questions for a quick Q&A post. So thanks for helping me get...
View ArticleThe Filters We Put on Our Worlds
EVERYONE KNOWS I TAKE A MILLION PHOTOGRAPHS. My friends know this. My sisters know it. Even I find myself feeling sheepish sometimes when I whip out my phone or even camera and ask someone, “Hey, do...
View ArticleCuties in Cudjoe
There’s something to be said about traveling while you’re young. I don’t know yet how it feels to be in a new place at sixty, or forty-five, or even thirty, but I do know that every trip feels like an...
View ArticleEntering a Third Decade
you’ve been around the sun twenty times. you’ve crossed poles, changed continents. done bad things in secret places, done good things in secret-er ones. you’ve asked stupid questions. you’ve raised...
View ArticleTaking a Break
Our school gave us a four day break this weekend to rest between quads and take some time off. My guy left for a mini vacation in Colorado with friends and I felt a little overwhelmed at how hard it...
View Articles-art-urdays
On Saturday, I pulled on some fleece-lined leggings and gloves and adventured into the city with my friends Jill and MacKenzie. We’re all community art students, in one way or another, and we wanted...
View ArticleSpoken to Me
i. you’re very comfortable to be around ii. your hair looks pretty, rachel iii. don’t forget to challenge yourself today iv. could you bring your super glue? v. i think you should pay attention to...
View ArticleA Love Letter to Chicago
Dear Chicago, Everyone called you the “Second City”. And, for a while, I believed them. I’d been to New York before. I wasn’t exactly a spring chicken, coming in with country girl eyes and ready to...
View ArticleThe Sparrow
If any of you follow me on Instagram, you know that the last two months of my life have been almost solely dedicated to being in my theater’s production of The Sparrow. And you probably know that, as...
View ArticleOn Slowing Down and Growing Up
There used to be an infinity of time between June and August. Now the days are short and cramped–even more cramped than last summer, with 40-hr work weeks and only one day off every other week or so....
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