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  • “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”— H. P. Lovecraft

  • Sunday Things #15

    Well, another week has come and gone. And I have officially decided that Frozen is no longer a movie. It’s a permanent member of this household. 🤣 Seriously, y’all. I think I’ve heard Let It Go more times this week than I’ve heard my own thoughts. Between the boys, work, headaches, television marathons, and a…

  • 🐇 Down the Rabbit Hole #5

    Why Are Dolls So Creepy? I have never understood how something specifically designed to look like a tiny human being was supposed to make me feel better. 😂 Because dolls are supposed to be cute. Comforting. Something a child carries around, talks to, dresses, feeds imaginary food and sleeps beside every night. And plenty of…

  • 🖤 Between the Lines #13: To My Demons

    I think the scariest thoughts are rarely the loudest ones. The loud ones are easier to recognize. They sound wrong. Cruel. Obvious. You can point at them and say: That is not helping me. The quieter ones are harder. The ones that sound logical. Responsible. Realistic. The ones that know exactly which memories to pull…

  • 📸 Learning to Look Closer #16: After the Noise

    At first glance, there isn’t much happening in this photograph. An empty set of bleachers. A fence surrounding a ballfield. Trees silhouetted against the fading light. Nothing particularly exciting. But look a little closer. There’s a red ball sitting in the grass, just outside the fence. It’s such a small detail that you could easily…

  • 🧠 Brain Static #14

    Apparently, under the right conditions, a dead body can turn into soap. Not metaphorically. Actual soap-like material. It’s called adipocere, sometimes referred to as grave wax, and it can form when body fat breaks down in damp environments with limited oxygen. Instead of decomposing in the way we normally imagine, some of the fat can…

  • Sunday Things #14

    Another week, another reminder that apparently I am not allowed to have a normal, peaceful existence. 😂 I’m on fall break, which sounds lovely in theory. In reality, I’ve spent most of it battling a sinus headache that refuses to leave, dealing with an upset stomach, chasing toddlers, and wondering how three children can make…

  • History After Dark #7: Howard Ashman

    The Man Behind the Magic Welcome to History After Dark. The kind of history that didn’t quite make it into your textbooks. On March 14, 1991, Howard Ashman died from complications of AIDS. He was forty years old. At the time, Disney was working on an animated film about a young woman who loved books,…

  • 🖤 Between the Lines #12: Song of the Sirens

    There are some things you know are bad for you before you ever touch them. That doesn’t always stop you from wanting them. I think we like to imagine that once we’ve learned a lesson, we become immune to repeating it. Once you know what a red flag looks like, you’ll never walk toward one…

  • 📸 Learning to Look Closer #15: What Still Grows Here

    At first, it looked dead. A mess of old vines. Twisted branches. Things crossing over each other so tightly I couldn’t tell what was still alive— and what had been gone for a long time. That was what made me stop. In black and white, the whole thing looks stripped down to bone. No color…