Chasing
I have spent my life chasing. I have been chasing my dreams since I was young. I can feel it like a little flutter inside my stomach. It’s this sort of feeling of my being alive for a purpose…an almost … Continue reading Chasing
Month: April 2014
The Nomad’s Guide to Moving
In my elementary school word history class, we studied nomads. We learned that they lived in a place for a short time, and then packed up and moved when they got tired of it. I thought this was wonderful. A lifestyle of … Continue reading The Nomad’s Guide to Moving
It’s Not That Bad (And Other Lies You Tell Yourself)
Stress. It’s that generational buzzword we broadly attribute to all manner of facing complexities in the first-world. We have a great reverence for stress. We wear it almost like a badge of honor. “I am stressed, therefore I must somehow … Continue reading It’s Not That Bad (And Other Lies You Tell Yourself)
The Cliche Girl
Today I’ve been thinking about cliche girls. I missed that class in junior high, I guess. Because I’m just not cliche. I don’t really like chocolate. I’ll enjoy a candy bar once in a while, but I’ve never understood the … Continue reading The Cliche Girl
The Power of Music
Son can you play me a memory. I’m not really sure how it goes… Some people measure their lives in photographs. I measure mine in music. I’m a sentimentalist, but not much of photographer. I don’t have photos on my … Continue reading The Power of Music
A Bit on Writing and Life
Some days I love my work. My fingers fly across the keyboard like they were born for this moment. Other days, I drag myself out of bed somewhere around 11 am, mechanically pour the coffee, and then walk the ten … Continue reading A Bit on Writing and Life
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