The first time I visited Washington was in the spring of 2004. My sister was moving to Walla Walla and so I decided to fly out with her on my spring break. At the time, it was significantly less expensive to fly into Pasco rather than Walla Walla, and so […]
EXPLORE
35 posts
The first time I met Bennington Lake was the late summer of 2008. At the time I still lived in the Midwest, and I was visiting my sister. It was the first week of September and so the trails were covered in what I have come to recognize as the […]
...given the weather presently, I thought I would take a moment to write down my reasons for why I'm doing this challenge. Because, seriously, if I don't have a why-- I'm going to crawl back into bed and spend the rest of the day reading.
Greetings Octoberians! (Is that a word? My brief surfing through google indicates that it might be, but also seems to indicate that it refers to either a.) people born in October or b.) people graduating in October. It’s unclear. Nonetheless, I am evoking the word simply to indicate ‘those of […]
Growing up in the Midwest I used to be terrified of tornadoes. Those stormy days would sweep in, decorating the blue skies of seemingly harmless afternoons with low hanging dark wall clouds. The birds and insects would hush, giving the earth an eerie silence — the grass would take on […]
It’s already the end of May, and I’m not sure I can believe it. I could easily spend a whole post regaling you with tales from life lately… although it’s not really that entertaining. Life is just busy, and in a bookishly way. I’m frantic with writing research papers, reflective essays, and cramming for […]