It’s weird to be writing this post, a post that seemed so far away as I opened my first book of the Summer and envisioned writing about it later on. And yet here we are! August has passed. The nights are growing colder. The sun is setting faster. Summer has come to a close. During …
The coronavirus pandemic, the November election, mask mandates, school closures, nation-wide protests, de-funding the police…. It seems like we barely get our heads above water amid the storms of 2020 and then another wave hits. I have watched as so many struggle against these waves, cursing at them and doing everything in their power to …
all i want is to writeas i balance accounts at workas i brush my teeth at nightas i lay my head down to sleep as i run in the morning light the words buzz around mewherever i golouder and louder until i can’t hear anything elsethey float around meuntil i can’t see anything else. clouding …
I’ve been staring at this screen for what seems like hours, trying to find the words to begin this post. The emptiness of the screen mirrors the emptiness in my heart. Or is it fullness? A heart full of grief, of frustration, of heaviness… This past week has been just that. Heavy. Last Tuesday my …