Dancing Trees
This is a poem I found in one of my old notebooks. Near as I can tell, I wrote it sometime in college. There isn’t too terribly much for me …
Family Friday: Celebrating the Small Successes
Yesterday morning I finally finished my rough draft of the Great Seal of the State of Wyoming to brand on the Wyoming flag bison. A small success along this very …
The Mall Watcher
This is an odd sort of story with a small kernel of truth in it. Growing up, there was a man who used to sit in the middle of the …
Family Friday: Family Food Roots
Every two years my Grandma’s side of the family puts on the large Foster Family Reunion. We gather together for several large meals, a game or two, and occasionally someone …
The Lost Stories
I have more stories and poetry to post here, but today I am thinking about the ones that I haven’t held onto– the stories I let get lost on an …
Family Friday: Work is Fun
Today is my father’s birthday! We typically celebrate with a “tent city” party at the lake house that my Grandma and Grandpa left to my dad and his siblings. Each …
Cowboy/Dancer/Whatever
This week I thought I would share another personal essay from Hollins. We were prompted to write about technology and had to choose between television, computers, and a third option …
Family Friday: Gratitude
Shabbat Shalom! Surprisingly, the questions I fielded the most while working as a substitute teacher, besides my age, concerned my happiness. One teacher told me that his class requested me …
A Sensible Ant
This is an odd short story I wrote while studying abroad in London. Later, I recorded myself reading it out loud for an audio-zine one of my friends put together. …
Family Friday: Juneteenth
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Juneteenth! These last three weeks I have written about our communities in the wake of George Floyd. I still hope that George Floyd’s horrific murder will …