When Your Hometown Stops Being Home
I no longer know anyone.
Mitchell Barbee graduated from Calvin University with a B.A. in writing in 2021. Originally from Boone, North Carolina, he is currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He enjoys hanging out with the few friends who stayed, wearing grey hoodies, and hoping that he doesn’t get sucked into the nightly wormhole of watching a baseball game.
by Mitchell Barbee | Mar 23, 2023 | 1 comment
I no longer know anyone.
by Mitchell Barbee | Feb 23, 2023 | 1 comment
I’m not the only one desperate to find the lost episode.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jan 23, 2023 | 2 comments
I had only seen these cookies served on Delta flights, so my first thought was wondering how she had smuggled them off the plane
by Mitchell Barbee | Dec 23, 2022 | 0 comments
It seems Korea fell in love with this aspect of the show just as much as I would less than a year later.
by Mitchell Barbee | Nov 23, 2022 | 0 comments
If it’s not one job, it’s two, and if it’s not two jobs, it’s three.
by Mitchell Barbee | Oct 23, 2022 | 1 comment
Growing up, what it meant to be Korean was completely lost on me.
by Mitchell Barbee | Sep 23, 2022 | 0 comments
It’s not like me eating a sandwich instead of pasta on July 11, 2011, is going to diverge my entire timeline.
by Mitchell Barbee | Aug 23, 2022 | 0 comments
Punctuation is preference. Do what you wish.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jul 23, 2022 | 0 comments
I’m not really sure I need a reason.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jun 23, 2022 | 0 comments
When I first heard of the Billy Graham Rule as a teenager, it sounded commendable.
by Mitchell Barbee | May 23, 2022 | 1 comment
If you’ve only seen my face in the square photo below this post, you probably don’t know I have ectrodactyly.
by Mitchell Barbee | Apr 23, 2022 | 1 comment
The fun thing about being forgetful is that it’s hard to quantify just how much more you remember.
by Mitchell Barbee | Mar 23, 2022 | 0 comments
Names trend up and down all the time. It’s weird to mourn the loss of a name.
by Mitchell Barbee | Feb 23, 2022 | 2 comments
At least I now know not to compost in the shade.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jan 23, 2022 | 0 comments
The Fox Sports article was close, but not exact.
by Mitchell Barbee | Dec 23, 2021 | 0 comments
5. Don’t bother adjusting the tape dispenser machine
by Mitchell Barbee | Nov 23, 2021 | 1 comment
It didn’t matter if half the cast was snapped away by Thanos—they’re all going to come back anyway.
by Mitchell Barbee | Oct 23, 2021 | 1 comment
The song was my fix. But fixes only last so long.
by Mitchell Barbee | Sep 23, 2021 | 1 comment
I’m still afraid I’m boarding the wrong train.
by Mitchell Barbee | Aug 23, 2021 | 4 comments
Through all the changes of my childhood, I always knew that my grandmother’s home would be the same.