Tuesday, May 24th brought one of the biggest rejections I have ever experienced in my seventeen years of beautiful life. I was walking confidently around my school’s campus when I ran into the teacher that delivered to me news I had desperately hoped would be good. Stopping me, she informed me of a fact …
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie used to be my favorite book when I was a child, as well as If You Give a Moose a Muffin or even If You Give a Pig a Pancake. I absolutely loved those books. I would read them over and over again. Something about the adventure in …
My eyes are a little sleepy and are beginning to well with tears as I sit down to write this. Once again my unconventional fear of blank pages has filled my body as I stare at this one. My hot English breakfast tea is steaming up the cold screen of my grey Mac. …
I have this unfound notion and vision of myself that when I write my most illustrious pieces on Uptown Maven, I am romantically sipping a café au lait at the local bohemian coffee shop. Realistically though, I do not live in a new and upcoming city where those coffee shops exist and also, to …
I have always been a complete sucker for sunrises. A smile is brought to my face when I fill my lungs with the misty, crisp air of the morning. I am fortunate enough that I am able to witness many different sunrises every day while driving to La Jolla. I mention many different …
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