There are certain stories my gut wants me to put down on paper. Like the one about the August when my husband I hastily packed up a U-Haul and drove 800 miles across Texas on the off chance of a better future. So much changed for me after that move, change embodied in the parched […]
I fondly remember the attic of my childhood. It was my childhood sanctuary and the place where I escaped for hours on end. Its retractable wooden staircase led into a hot, cedar-smelling expanse. The risers dissolved into a sea of plywood boards, and the everyday faded with them. The space, lit by sunlight streaming through […]
I sat on the edge of my chair, my eyes focused on the clock hanging above the chalkboard. Tick tock. Tick tock. The second hand slowly inched forward. I held my breath. Tick tock. Tick tock. The second hand hit the sweet spot on the clock making the school dismissal bell sound. I scrambled from […]
As August draws to a close, school buses are back on the roads, blackboard rails have chalk dust in them again, and back-to-school shopping is pretty much wrapped up. But as I walked the aisles of notebooks, pencils, and backpacks last week, there was one item that seemed to be missing from the store shelves. […]
I was chatting with a friend the other day when I suddenly realized I’d missed a good chunk of the conversation. My brain jumped off the focus train without my being aware of it and went on its own little excursion. I didn’t do it on purpose. I never do, but I confess. I’m sometimes […]
The word potpourri comes from the French word pot-pourri, which means a pot of something rotting. Since synthetic fragrances are a perk of the newer ages, people used potpourri as an air freshener in ancient times. Some claims date potpourri back to the 12th century. The servants would fill bowls with potpourri as soon […]
