Move-in Day Nerves and a Rough Sketch of My College Goals
College move-in day is only a little more than two weeks away. I’m about to be plucked from the lifestyle, city, and circle of relationships I’ve known since Elementary School […]
College move-in day is only a little more than two weeks away. I’m about to be plucked from the lifestyle, city, and circle of relationships I’ve known since Elementary School […]
I didn’t think I would ever have faith in anything. I have seen too many good people in this world, let down and left on the sidewalk, slowly wilting and […]
When I was first introduced to Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, I had my classical playlist playing in the background. As the wandering, darkly lyrical Ysaye’s Violin Ballade reached its explosive coda, […]
The tiny trail a couple minutes walk from my house is my tiny oasis of wilderness, surrounded by a sea of suburbia. No walls, no ceiling, nothing to confine me. […]
Jade bracelet. Mead notebook. Green tea ice cream. I love ice cream. In fact, I am consuming mouthfuls out of a Haagen-Dasz pint right now. The green tea flavor of […]
Lately, as high school has been coming to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’ll remember about this place that I’ve spent my last four years at. They’ve […]
Tomorrow you will meet a beautiful stranger. Actually thousands of beautiful strangers. She will walk past you on the bus; you will catch a whiff of her shampoo. He will […]
In between sips of peppermint mocha he tells me about corruption, capitalism, and freedom I recognize some of his phrases from a New York Times article I read last week […]
When I first saw this post on Teens Can Write Too, I was extremely excited! A little different from the usual literature-inspired prompts but definitely thought-provoking and very YA, especially […]
Sometimes I walk into convenience stores at midnight and breathe in the complexities of their smells marshmallow cakes with no expiration date […]