CWChanging seasons & other things I’ve been taking for grantedIt’s raining more often now and the sun sets just after I get home. I wear a shell over my quilted transitional jacket. I slip on the…2 min read·Oct 22, 2021----
CWI’m starting this story about 22 hours after being broken up with by my partner of a year and a…Important details to note: He’s Danish, I’d been living with him in Denmark, and, aside from a handful of friends and a job I haven’t even…2 min read·Aug 29, 2021----
CWVulnerability & Other Topics as Worn Out as We All Are During a Global Pandemic“Everybody needs more than anybody else can give right now.”3 min read·Feb 10, 2021----
CWGoogle Search | November 9, 2020, 9:04 PM:“Can you spontaneously recover a memory?”2 min read·Nov 10, 2020----
CWThere’s nothing quite like the burning discomfort of needing to re-center, refocus, and reevaluate…I’ve been mulling the idea of “leaving your options open” — why we do it, and in what circumstances we find it necessary. Whether it’s…2 min read·Aug 22, 2020----
CWI briefly dated a man who mostly went to his woodworking shop, played pool at the same bar with…He liked me because I “went out most nights,” and “traveled a lot” and “didn’t stay at home swiping apps with Netflix and a dog.”2 min read·Mar 11, 2020----
CWI remember breaking wishbones with my mom on warm Sunday afternoons — even as a kid, I kept every…I guess God doesn’t like specifics. Or maybe he was too busy for a thirteen-year-old girl who never made an effort to get to know him in…1 min read·Nov 22, 2019----
CWMy father built our home in the middle of the Michigan woods, where the neighboring homes were far…Growing up with a degree of isolation, in a house built by one of its occupants, breeds independence like few non-tragic circumstances can…2 min read·Jul 16, 2019----
CWCarlen, you’ve been here before. More than once.I was in the middle of one of those rare moments where my mind feels completely and blissfully empty, only to be interrupted by a bartender…3 min read·Jun 1, 2019----
CWI saw God in the patterns made by morning light up and down my arms.I heard the devil that night in the way you said, “I’ll see you soon.”1 min read·Jan 12, 2019----