As a disillusioned post-post-graduate I’ve tried my hardest to cling to deep summer’s nostalgia. It’s challenging, however, because during these long days it’s impossible to shake the feeling of irrevocable and disconcerting change. … More The Dog Days of Summer
Albert was very grumpy on this particularly bright Sunday afternoon; of course, Albert was grumpy most days but this day was especially grim. … More Harry Potter and the Pallas’s Cat
Beer comes in almost innumerable flavors. It ranges the artist’s palette from light honey yellow to deep velvety black. Local craft breweries, especially in Akron and Cleveland, are also some of my favorite places to lean in on a picnic table with friends to discuss the important topics of today like, “what’s for dinner?!” … More I Choose Beer
While beautiful, immense, natural, wild, powerful, all come to mind as perfectly acceptable adjectives to describe this place, the one speaking to my experience is surprise. … More The Wildly Surprising West
I want the next Disney Princess to be Robin Hood…I haven’t figured out a villain or a plot, but what I do know is this: I want Princess Robyn to be a bi-racial, Muslim girl with a knack for medicine and healing paired with an intense dislike of violence. … More Princess Robyn Hood
Not often, but occasionally, a book is so laughably bad it makes me happy. I’m happy because I know that I could write a better story than this published person, which gives me hope that if I tried, maybe one day I’ll be published. I’ve learned an author doesn’t have to be good to be successful. … More The Disapointment of Zipporah
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