writing
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We spend so much of October talking about ghosts, telling stories about things that move through empty hallways, footsteps heard above us when no one is home, shadows crossing windows, and voices coming from rooms that have been locked for decades. We like to be frightened by things we can blame on the supernatural Because…
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Not everyone wants an autumn filled with pumpkin patches and matching pajamas. Some of us want foggy roads, old books, unanswered questions, handwritten letters, and perhaps one mildly irresponsible decision. Here’s a bucket list to get you started: For the Romantic ☐ Write someone a letter you never intend to send☐ Watch the sunset somewhere…
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Inspiration has terrible timing. She never arrives when you’ve scheduled an afternoon to write. She doesn’t care that you’ve made coffee, lit a candle, or finally have an uninterrupted hour. Instead, she appears while you’re driving home, standing in line at the grocery store, or halfway through dinner when someone says a sentence so beautiful…
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We rarely know people as well as we think we do. Instead, we know fragments. From those conversations, profiles, and moments, we build stories. We fill in the missing pages with assumptions, hopes, fears, and expectations until the person standing before us becomes partly real and partly imagined. Perhaps one of the most fascinating aspects…
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For thousands of years, humanity has lifted its gaze toward the night sky in search of meaning. Long before telescopes and satellites, the stars served as maps, calendars, stories, and guides. Ancient civilizations built myths around constellations, tracked the seasons through celestial movements, and believed the heavens held messages meant for those willing to listen.…
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There is a peculiar satisfaction in discovering a word for something you’ve felt your entire life. Language is a catalogue of human experience, preserving emotions, habits, and personalities across centuries. The following words illuminate the hidden corners of human nature and offer new ways to understand both ourselves and those around us. Saudade (noun)A deep,…
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I’ve selected some of my poetic prose lines from my poetry books and social media pages that explore the many forms loss can take: the loss of love, identity, certainty, belonging, innocence, possibility, and time itself. Enjoy. I’ve waited my entire life to feel this way about someone. (I don’t know if it was worth…
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Everyone knows of you, but they do not truly know you. Perhaps because you never gave them the chance. And that is not necessarily a failure. Sometimes hiding parts of yourself was the safest thing you could do. Perhaps it was easier to become the quiet one, the strong one, the agreeable one. The version…
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Every day is called a fresh start, but change is more than waking up and deciding everything is different. Real change is quieter than that. It doesn’t always arrive with a clear beginning or a dramatic shift. Instead, it reveals itself in small, almost unnoticeable moments. These are the signs that something in your life…
