Lifestyle. Melanin. Me: Off the Beaten Path.
We made it to the Vegas strip this evening. We saw the amazing lights and the enormous hotels bearing the names of Trump and Caesar. We saw all kinds of sights, saw all kinds of interesting people, and tried very hard to avoid the Chewbacca impersonator who was slinking his way toward us. What clinched …
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From the initial strains of that heart-thumping, powerful melody, I feel like becoming a welder, writing three novels in succession, declaring my love to someone underneath their window, and building 100 cabinets. Joy, inspiration, fist-pumping energy--all from the moment that music starts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJ26h_cBqQ Although I have many favorites by The Boss, I think this one perfectly …
...she looks like this. La vie Parisienne, indeed.
Dear Autumn, I promise to breathe you in when you get here, and I won't mind that you arrive late and stay for just a little while, as you tend to do. I promise to walk outside as much as possible and gaze at those orange moons you prepare for me. I promise to take in …
 Everything about Henry David Thoreau has fascinated me since I was 14 years old. Everything.
In the end, I think it was inevitable that writing would become my passion. Starting from the beginning, my fascination with words and stories was engendered by the original, the best, and the most compelling storyteller of them all: my mother. I remember watching her when she would tell a story. Her voice would dip …
Further elaboration to come in Monday's post. Nevertheless, wherever you are, whatever you're doing today, choose joy.
As promised. Yesterday, when I heard the opening lyric of my boyfriend's masterful song, "Lifetime," I was immediately reminded of a conversation I had with Laura. Essentially, we discussed how pathos inspires our fiction. Creation comes from chaos. And to be honest, to paraphrase my boyfriend, some of my best work has come from being/feeling broken. Don't …
The inspiration behind tomorrow's post. He's mine, by the way. In case you were wondering. Miiiine. Ahem. Back to maturity.
This Square Peg. 