Hello, friends! Just a couple of weeks ago, I entered my second year of college. Once again, I packed my bags, patted my dog goodbye, and returned to St. Augustine to attend classes at Flagler. This year, things are different. I know where I am and who I'm with. I have an idea of how …
This blog is not at all what I intended. Rather than being a source of tips and help, this has become an apology blog. Every time I post it's like a new depth of "oops" that I didn't even know was possible. And while I'm confronting my failures publicly, I'm not really being very productive. …
A photo of two People, and a good day that Left a wounded smile. Hello, friends! Was this a lazy response? Maybe. But I love a good haiku. Today's prompts were: wounded, a good day, and an old photograph. I wanted to do something longer about the story of finding the photograph but then I thought …
Continue reading Writing Challenge Day 5: Wounded, A Good Day & An Old Photograph
"That's how it's scripted," he snapped. "Just try to follow direction." Rolling my eyes, I took my position standing across from him and we restarted the scene. The director and rest of the cast had long gone home, leaving only the pair of us on the stage to rehearse over and over. I stayed silent …
Continue reading Writing Challenge Day 3: Scripted, Be Still & Diatribe
"Who are you?" I ask, hands clenched in the folds of my dress, as if they can protect me from this mystery. Her image brightens a little, almost like a smile, except there is no mouth on her ashen face. "Easy. I'm your shadow." Her voice is high and lilting, dreamlike. I wonder if I …
Continue reading Writing Challenge Day 2: Shadow Play & Who Are You?
Water rippled. It shook, shimmered. Then began to change. As if beckoned, it began to curl up. Water climbed the air, twirled. Droplets hardened into fragments, crushed together. The liquid twisted as if drawn out of the water by a string, then tightened along the shape of that thread. Crystals crunched into the outline of …
Me: says I'm going to blog more regularly Also me: does not do that Hello, friends! Being back at school has already been hectic and the real work has barely begun. That said, time for writing has been very minimal as of late. Still, I'm working on a couple of things and I have …
Of all habits I had, running was possibly the most important. It wasn't that I enjoyed running or that I felt I'd benefit from the exercise. It was just the simplest way to escape.When black thoughts slipped it, when gray feelings seeped into my bones, they stirred my feet to action. I ran to shed …
Hello, friends. As we all know, it's just about time for the new year, which means it's also time to get our hopes and dreams up and watch them perish slowly over the next 365 days. I'm talking about New Years' Resolutions. In my discussion of the subject, I'm going to mention something that I …
2016 has been quite a year. Globally, nationally, and personally, we've all experienced our fair share of chaos. For me, this was my first semester of college. I was introduced to a new school in a new city, with no familiar friends or family in the area. Aside from briefly talking to my roommate over …
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