The Outlet is Crying

My window collects condensation where warm humidity meets winter’s display, but today the outlet on the wall also had droplets, around the socket– those eyes looked sad about something, so I started guessing: the seasonal blues an ache of some kind a premonition of a power-losing storm; or maybe it cried about how I couldn’tContinue reading “The Outlet is Crying”

January 14th, 2022/breaking the 4th wall

Today’s Prompt: Write about a challenge you faced and overcame. This prompt feels incredibly vague to me, and I wasn’t sure what direction to go with it. Did you know that literally every story with a plot, is about a character facing a challenge and overcoming it? Unfortunately, “every story with a plot” doesn’t fitContinue reading “January 14th, 2022/breaking the 4th wall”

January 8th, 2022/my mix of 6 writing-why’s list

Today’s Prompt: What do you like most about your writing? Oh we’re about to brag about ourselves, aren’t we? Eek. In an effort to make this more engaging for you, how about a list? I am a writer and a reader. I love to write because everything my reader self craves I can do myContinue reading “January 8th, 2022/my mix of 6 writing-why’s list”

January 4th, 2022/a haiku

Today’s Prompt: What was your favorite toy as a child? Summer days, basement a capture the flag warzone. Stuffed animals play. One of my favorite toys as a child? A multitude of stuffed animals and the imaginary games I played with them and my siblings. Capture the flag included. We had one game where ourContinue reading “January 4th, 2022/a haiku”

January 2nd, 2022/when road trips wander far

There lies a road in the emptiness of space. If you set yourself free of this solar system, abandon the recognizable light of our star, and just float– a million pathways will call to you. There lies a road in the emptiness of space, a multitude of gravity strings, tugging at my toes, stars andContinue reading “January 2nd, 2022/when road trips wander far”

January 1st, 2022

What advice would you give to your teenage self? Dear teenage me: you’ll figure it out. I’d never wish I knew something sooner, because if I learned it sooner, I’d probably still wish I learned it sooner than that. So, past-self, be glad that you did learn it when you did, and trust that allContinue reading “January 1st, 2022”