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Lunar dreaming
Last night, I ventured outside to look at the full moon before going to sleep. What a magical choice. I plopped down in the grass on top of a hill. I spotted a lone dandelion—white and round like the moon. Just on the other side of the trees is a highway with cars whirring past.…
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I am a kindergartener using scissors
(written Oct. 17, 2023 / revised Feb. 11, 2025) My kindergarten teacher was Mrs. W. Often, as most kindergarten classes do, we would participate in “stations.” My mom had recently taught me the trick how to perfectly cut out a heart from a sheet of paper, and I was obsessed. I was cutting out dozens…
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Life goes on (2021)
Wow. It’s 2021. The posts below are from 2012-2015. It’s fascinating to read the words written my that version of myself. So much has changed and yet, not much has at all. I’ve thought that my “starting to journal” was a new thing these past couple years. That writing down my thoughts and poetry was…