The sky is a perfectly soothing Winter gray. It snows and I stare out of my bedroom window at the red brick house across the street. I focus on tiny 2' x 2' squares of the brick, locking in on the snow brushing past and trying to imagine that I'm watching the same in Boston, but on a (more)
Because my current circle includes basically Lauren, HGTV, and my parents, I miss people a lot. I miss the rest of the people who know who I am and why I do things, I miss the people whose voices make me feel at ease, the people whose words of encouragement mean much more than anything I could tell (more)
I've been wracking my brains for a title lately, as naming with this year's novel seems incredibly important. It took me weeks or even months (I can't remember) to name each of my characters precisely in accordance with their personalities and now that it's come time to name my a (more)
I've been neglecting you, I'm sorry. You must understand, though, that life has become routine and while all of my energy should be spent bucking against that routine, it's currently spent trying to find ways instead to escape it.
Before you read further, know that I am fully cognizant of my own absurdity regarding the topic about which I am to write. I own that absurdity and wear it almost proudly.
That said...I've become a bit obsessed with Ugly Betty. I feel the need to preface this obsession when I admit it to (more)
On a 25th birthday, could anything be better than having breakfast with my Dad, spending some time opening presents with my parents, then going with my best friend to a lecture on environmental activism and green living as given by the very same man who won me over as Seth Gillette?!
I am endlessly fascinated by the phenomenon of finding the precise set of words at the exact time I need them most. These rather cosmic events happen to me every once in a grand while--someone will recommend a book that speaks to me so completely as to become a favorite, I hear a familiar song on th (more)
As my year-long, logistically-ridiculous yet whole-heartedly angsty/earnest internet crush comes just a smidge more clearly into focus and as the sweltering humidity of the Ohio summer gives way to some of the most beautiful days of the whole year, I again become introspective and a little disgusted (more)
For what feels like positively months now, I've been gathering snippets of entries I mean to pen and I've been neglecting them for pursuits quieter, and less likely to cause me to feel inadequate when it comes to the thing I do best. But you see, it's come to the point where these thi (more)