So many people have different things they want to be when they grow up. For me, there is only one. Un-heartbroken. You see, I once had a heart of youth. Full blooded, full bodied. And I, like you, fell in[…]
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2015
23
Dec
9
Nov
She’s focused, and tucks a stray hair behind her ear. But as a customer walks in, the door bells jingle, she looks up and the strand immediately falls out. It bops around her eyes and lips. He’s dressed in a[…]
3
Nov
I have the loveliest friends in Boulder, Colorado. The survey information www.paperovernight.com was gathered last fall, he said. And I think I just had the best Halloween I’ve ever had in my life. I moved to Seattle last June. Away[…]
9
Oct
I didn’t know how long it had been since my heart had last broken. So I put in the dates into an online “date duration calculator. The following result is taken verbatim from the site (read: copy and pasted). Result[…]
2
Jul
(thoughts on the power of music and strangers) You didn’t send a picture Or tell me your last name. You didn’t shoot the shit Or (really) play the dating game. You sent me a piano riff A bridge, that[…]
2
Jul
My bathtub is named Max. Well, technically MAAX. Which isn’t a problem until you know that a very old ex-boyfriend of mine is also named Max. And the idea of taking a nice long soak in a warm bubble bath[…]
11
Mar
He stood at 5’7″ and combed his fingers through a manicured beard. His laugh was higher pitched than you’d imagine because he looked like he was cut out for a mountain life. But instead of a mountain life, he lived in an[…]
25
Feb
Charlotte stomps into the kitchen and slams a cabinet shut. She slams it hard, purposefully rattling the dirty dishes in the sink. “Are you going to do the dishes, babe?” she asks her boyfriend. Her tone is sharp and she[…]
4
Feb
I was running late, again. Dressed in a brand new blue dress and beige heels, I rushed through the gardens to the back of the rows of chairs set up for the marriage ceremony of one of my college girlfriends[…]
2014
27
Dec
The Written Portrait One of my favorite parts of art class are timed figure sketches. Artists circle around a person, generally naked, and sketch him or her for a given amount of time. Whatever you happen to sketch in that[…]
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