[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I could see the stars tonight. Well, not all the stars, but enough of them to notice...

Every year, I write an end-of-the-year poem. I hope 2021 was good to you. At the very least, I hope it wasn't all bad. And I hope you...

My favorite writing professor once told a class of poets that we shouldn’t worry about being original, because we already are. As a young...

Selfish. Needy. Too distant. "Too much." Being yelled at for minor things, but never knowing what those minor things might be. Being...

Historically, my favorite thing about Valentines Day is the seasonal pink, red, and white M&M's. The white one just always taste better,...

I was 15 when I first experienced grief and all it's shape-shifting oddities. My Great-Grandmother passed, and although I saw her death...

A friend of mine agreed to help me understand gender, sexuality, and the myriad ways both influence our day-to-day lives. I hope you...

"The left side of the brain is responsible for controlling the right side of the body and is commonly known as the logical side of the...

There is a coffee shop in Peoria, IL called Thirty-Thirty., that is, and will forever be, the best coffee shop in the entire conceivable...