As fall slowly sheds it’s colours and trades it’s rustic palette for cold winter hues, I find myself daydreaming next to the crackling fireplace as I sit bundled up next to my fresh cut Christmas tree while watching the snow filled clouds arrive out my frosted window before the sky begins to darken. The funny …
I want to be engaged this year. As of this coming Saturday, I've been on this earth for more than nineteen years, and I think it's about time for me to be engaged. As the holidays role around--more quickly than expected--I've been asking myself this question: what one word do I want to hold true …
Dear High School Senior, The starting pistol has just fired on your last fall semester, and while half of you want to freak out and cry, the rest of you cannot wait to get this over with and to move on. On the forefront of your last year of high school, you may feel like …
I like words. If you know me personally, you know I like speaking words. You'll listen to me talk for hours about everything and anything. If you don't know me personally, you'll still know that I like to write words. I like to read words too. The Greeks call it logolepsy, which by direct definition …
When I was young, my mother and I struggled. We lived in a place that was not ideal, a small dwelling where most vacation in. I was three at the time and she had just gotten through a nasty divorce to my father. But somehow we made do and somehow we were happy. We didn't …
Write what you know, they say. I should write about cooking or clothing. Or maybe I should write about the fog and gravel of I-15 before the sun rises and before the sun sets. I could revise the revised version until all I really know is what I've written down. I know clothing, cooking and …
I am not good at copying. Looking at the white board in class, I can never copy the notes down without changing one thing or adding another. Drawing is a difficult task—if you said draw and copy a pear, I would draw an apple. Simon Says wasn't my game either. I usually forgot what Simon …
Uptown Maven 