I Can’t Live With or Without Cars
I felt like I could drive literally anywhere in the world. And I loved that feeling. And I hated that I loved it.
Past, Present, and Future
I am too young to be having a midlife crisis and too old for a quarter-life one.
One Green Atom of Justice
You always think they can’t sink any lower, but you’re always surprised.
I Survive 5 Minutes in Jurassic Park
Gabbie Eisma: a 5’2” woman of outstanding imagination and library fines. 23 years old. (Note to costumes manager: Eisma should be wearing a salmon-colored button-up shirt over a blue tank top, khaki shorts, round sunglasses, and hiking boots.) (Both booted feet come...
Twenty-Nine and Counting
I carry a nostalgia the rest of the day that aches from the reality that some lives have been lived and some friendships have blurred.
The Warmth of Community
They made a makeshift cardboard torch from our flame and took it to help light a fire for their kids.
Uninspiring Holidays, Detailed
If you lived in Manitoba, you could at least call today Terry Fox Day. But then you would live in Manitoba.
Confession
What if you just need more time to have a look around?
Pining Red
Yesterday I stumbled across a picture of a red pine and realized I had never actually seen one before.
Aunt Beth’s Irises
Every spring, the flowers unrobed themselves from their long green stalks, like indigo flags declaring the end of the winter—and their own ability to survive it.
