My friend, my best friend, is engaged. And we’re all surprised, yet not at the same time. Next month will mark a decade since she first mentioned his name to me in passing, trying to hide her very evident crush. Ten years. And they’ve finally found each other. In that time, we went to Prom [...]
Apparently, I’m supposed to have Easter plans. I haven’t “celebrated” Easter in five years and haven’t seen my family for the holiday in as many. It isn’t a big deal really–I’m not religious, I don’t quite understand how eggs and a bunny got involved in the first place, and I certainly don’t miss the Easter [...]
I was at Barnes & Noble over the weekend, returning the France travel book I hoped to put into use this year, when I saw a book about a book that hasn’t yet been printed. It’s a spoiler for what will happen in the last Harry Potter book. Perhaps you’ve seen it. Perhaps you haven’t [...]
I’ve lived here nearly two years; the longest I’ve lived in any one place since I left my parents’ house in the small rural town I grew up in…a place where Victorian mansions line the brick streets, bison roam a mere five minutes outside of town, and the owner of a car dealership is considered [...]
