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  • Learning to Look Closer #3

    Some people will look at this photo and see a little boy playing with a hat that’s much too big for him. I see something else. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had this silly habit of balancing random things on my head and dramatically “sneezing” them off just to make him laugh.…

  • We Got Some Answers.

    Yesterday, I ended my journal entry by saying I’d let you know what today brought. So… Here’s the update. The surgery went well. The doctors found endometriosis. They also found fibroids on the back side of my uterus. As strange as it sounds, I actually felt relieved hearing that. Not because I’m happy to have…

  • It Is What It Is

    Tomorrow morning, I’ll be having surgery. I’ve noticed something kind of funny. Everyone else seems more concerned about it than I am. People keep asking if I’m nervous, and I keep giving them the same answer. Not really. I’ve never been someone who gets overwhelmed by surgeries. My mindset has always been pretty simple: It…

  • Brain static #2

    Jeffrey Dahmer once worked in a chocolate factory. I’m not entirely sure what you’re supposed to do with that information. But now you know. So if I had to carry it around… You do too. Until next time, — Destiny P.S. I collect unnecessary facts like some people collect stamps.

  • Sunday Things #2

    There’s something about Sundays that makes me look back at the week a little differently. The little moments start connecting. The random conversations, the small victories, the things that almost got forgotten somehow end up becoming the parts I remember the most. This week wasn’t loud. But it was full. For the first time in…

  • 📚 Dog-Eared Pages #1

    I’m only a couple of pages into this book, and it’s already made me stop. “She stuck out in a sea of black. Like a single white rose among a bed of thorns.” I love imagery that paints a picture before I know anything about the characters. As a writer, I’m always paying attention to…

  • History After Dark

    The Dancing Plague of 1518 When an Entire City Couldn’t Stop Dancing July 1518 • Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire (Modern-day France)   Welcome to History After Dark. The kind of history that didn’t quite make it into your textbooks.     Imagine waking one morning and looking out your window. Your neighbor is dancing. At…

  • 📓 Notebook Pages #2

    Every story starts somewhere. Sometimes it’s a character. Sometimes it’s a line of dialogue. Sometimes it’s just one question that refuses to leave your mind. This one arrived as a single sentence in the Notes app on my phone. I don’t know the lighthouse keeper’s name yet. I don’t know what waits beneath the waves.…

  • Learning to Look Closer #2: Just Outside the Window

    My nephew was standing at the window this morning when a tiny robber fly flew up to the glass. For a minute, it almost seemed like they were entertaining each other. It would fly away, then come back again, hovering just long enough to catch his attention. Every time it returned, he lit up a…

  • Brain Static #1

    Before we begin… Brain Static is where all the wonderfully unnecessary thoughts go. The ones that show up at 2:17 in the afternoon for absolutely no reason. The questions nobody asked. The facts you didn’t need. The observations that make you stop and think, “Why is my brain like this?” So… I have a question.…