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"Be Creative"

Nine years old I sit in Ms. Meagher's fourth grade classroom. We've abandoned fractions to embark on a creative adventure - our first attempt at autho... read more

"Standards of the Soul"

We’ve all known that one person. That inescapable, ruthless person who feeds off of our energy in order to please themselves. This person comes in a... read more

Beautiful Routine - Cultural Event #5

I have my routines. I was told by my decidedly creepy Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion professor last year that these routines would "suck out my life ... read more

Final Thoughts on Narratives

Someday I am going to be whisked off my feet, married to the man of my dreams. Meeting, we will love. Life will be pleasant, pink-purple fields of da... read more

Of Knights and Absent Mothers

"We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill. As the uptight, strictly professional butler of Kazu... read more

Of Survival. Integrity. Dreams.

There are some things, many things that I can and never will know. I will never know what it feels like to be a minority living in Middle Americ... read more

Rape as Metaphysical

You said you'd always love me. Best friend, you with the knowledge of all my secrets - my pain, my fears, desires, my lust. You knew me. And in knowin... read more

Relics, Stuffed Cats, and Curses

This is Kitty. Kitty came into my life on a long ago December as a Christmas gift from my grandmother. She's an average, orange stuffed cat, tattered ... read more

Riding the Solar Revolution (Cultural Event # 4)

"Be the change you wish to see in the world" -GandhiGandhi, clever, inspirational man that he was, is probably one of the most frequently quoted heroe... read more