I've read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen every year for the last thirteen years. The first time I consumed any version of this classic was through the Keira Knightley film. I fell in love... most ardently. I picked up my first copy of the book and read it cover to cover in about a … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice →

I love my job. I get to teach young adults both how to write proper sentences and how to understand complicated literature. To top off what I'd already decribe as one of the best jobs in the world, just about every day there is some sort of "life is bigger than here" teaching moment. I … Continue reading We Don’t Call People Hoes →

This morning I walked out to a freshly scraped windshield. This is what friends do, after all, scrape your windshield, show up in the middle of the night when you need them, and help you move a dead body. Good friends are hard to come by and the ones who are willing to do the … Continue reading On Moving Dead Bodies →

Sometimes I don't know what to say but I know I need to write. I know I need to connect. In some compacity. To the world outside of myself. To people. To someone. The vast void. Waves crash upon my shores. I brace against the fall. In fine feather. An everlasting wall. Gladdened. Elated. Puzzled … Continue reading In Fine Feather →

Yesterday I wrote a lot of words out of anger and hurt. I would write them and then delete them. I'd write a new version then text a friend. I'd delete them. Write fresh, text, close the window. Open it again later, delete them. I deleted Facebook from my phone again too. So I've had … Continue reading On Drama →

"Love is diving into someone else's confusion and finding it all makes sense." There is something about Atticus that sings to my soul. I've followed the account on Instagram for some time. My phone is filled with screenshots, filled with poetry, filled with love and life. Sometimes I just want the reminder that other people … Continue reading Atticus →

I broke the rules *gasp* and watched the movie first. I'm kinda glad I did. DUMPLIN' has been on the to-read list for months, but alas it gets kicked to the back over and over again. And when the new Netflix movie came out, I couldn't resist. Guess what, I loved it. The movie starring … Continue reading Dumplin’ →

In the recent past, I've been thinking a lot about fate and destiny. And silly songs and memes like this one. What they mean to one another. What they mean to me. How to put all these cascading thoughts into words which another human in the void might comprehend. I've decided there's a fine line … Continue reading On Fate vs Destiny →

It's been a spell since I've written a review, so it felt appropriate for the first review of the year to be the first YA book. As I myself write YA. Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Boys was the starting book for the new year. I have an affinity with ravens and so I went with … Continue reading Raven Boys →

It has been a stimulating start to the New Year to say the very least. I really debated going out on New Year's Eve. I used to make a big deal of ringing in midnight with friends. I think not really feeling like I had much of a winter break led me to ultimately decided … Continue reading A Hiccup Won’t Stop Me →