I’ve sat down to type words onto the page at least two dozen times in the last year and drawn up blank. For a reason that I didn’t fully comprehend until recently,...
The 2020 COVID-19 quarantine has been difficult for everyone I think – there’s not a single life that has escaped this pandemic unscathed by the sting of disease (physical,...
I hesitate to release these words into the wild; to add to the cacophony of fear and panic and mania that is this season we are all living. As a writer, I’ve struggled to put ink to paper...
Most days, we, the collective, live in a world of routine. Most of us have some sort of regularity to our lives – we awake, eat, work, see family and friends, relax...
It’s seemed to me that this holiday season has been ushered in with much less fanfare than usual. Sure, the decorations have been hung, the presents are wrapped and neatly...
I’m a big believer in hugs. I’m not talking about the little taps on the shoulder that we give in the South to be socially polite, but the kind of I’ll wrap you up and squeeze...
I’ve been wanting to sum up the last few weeks of my life for a while now, but I haven’t had the words until right now. Here it is: deeply sweet, like suck your cheeks...
These days in Florida have been a rare gem in a sea of bleary-eyed exhaustion baked moments in the first quarter for me. As we’ve traveled together, toured together, cried...
What is it about quiet that can be so comforting yet in a moment can be come alarming? This weekend I am feasting on the slopes of Cataloochee with two of my closest friends...
I love new things. One of my favorite scenes in Harry Potter occurs when Hermione Granger explains what Amortentia, a love potion, smells like to her. “…freshly mown grass,...