a blog of writing and wandering
Tonight I was folding laundry in my way-too-messy-to-discuss dorm room. With music, because obviously, that's the only way to fold laundry. I pulled out an older playlist on my Spotify, and one of the songs that came on was Allison Crowe's cover of Hallelujah. It's no secret that I love this song. I adore her…
"Now, I want you do me a favor. Print out the reading, but don't read it before class. I know this will be hard." She gestures towards the front row where I sit. "Especially for you guys." (excerpt from a class today) Last time I posted, it was a month ago, and I'd just started school. A month later,…
We see it everywhere. On the covers of magazines, the backs of cereal boxes. Love is a commodity, an advertisement that lines the pockets of corporations and is the goal of all our "buy it now"s and "save _%!". We can love ourselves more if we buy that new dress, new phone, new book. We…
It feels a bit strange to be sitting in my room right now. My cat is curled up next to me, purring. This is normal. My rabbit sits alert in the corner, waiting for a carrot. This is also normal. My bookshelves line the walls, full of rich volumes of text and stories that I've…
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