Originally Published August 9, 2023 “Go touch grass” is currently my favorite insult used on the internet. It is a phrase that suggests that someone has been online entirely too much and needs to go get back in touch with reality—usually through the means of going outside. I have been equally guilty of saying this Continue reading

Originally Published January 30, 2023 Hello everyone! Welcome to 2023—even though I’m posting this really close to the beginning of February. Thank you all for being so patient with me as I was on hiatus. Even though we are quite a way past the new year now, I’d like to chat about some things that Continue reading

Originally Published September 26, 2022 I have noticed a trend in media as a whole. Before sitting down to write this piece, I articulated it as not allowing good stories to end. However, now I think it is something more than just that, it’s about allowing good stories to remain. We live in an era Continue reading

Originally Published August 29, 2022 I’m officially level 22! And yes, I have listened to the famous Taylor Swift song several times today. In some ways, I can’t believe that I’m only twenty-two, because I tend to feel and act older than I actually am. I think that might be due to ‘oldest child syndrome.’ Continue reading

Originally Published August 5, 2022 Sometimes writing doesn’t work to express what I feel. During those times I branch out into something different, like drawing. The sad thing is…I’m not very good at it. I doodle here and there, but nothing substantial, and I wouldn’t deem myself a visual artist. While I was trying to Continue reading

Originally Published July 18, 2022 2024 Author’s Note: This is a piece that I created for a creative non-fiction class in my college days. It’s one of the few pieces out of that class I am actually proud of and I hope you enjoy reading it. Before this tiny plot of land was a playground Continue reading

Originally Published June 20, 2022 Our fingers stained with ink, shuffling pages. Language makes sense of us. It gives us strength. Pulling words from street signs, rearranging them, forming a single thought. Creating powerful, potent, images, with a single word. We illuminate ideas left in the dark. Sounds drip from our tongues, drinking in each Continue reading

Originally Published June 6, 2022 Sometimes people find themselves drawn to certain architectural structures. I constantly find myself being drawn to bridges. It’s an odd thing to be drawn to—trust me, I know how crazy this sounds. There was one bridge, between Pasco and Kennewick, which I remember being blue-green in color. I like to Continue reading

Originally Published May 11, 2022 Sometimes people find themselves drawn to certain architectural structures. I constantly find myself being drawn to bridges. It’s an odd thing to be drawn to—trust me, I know how crazy this sounds. There was one bridge, between Pasco and Kennewick, which I remember being blue-green in color. I like to Continue reading