I've been writing my way through life since I first learned how to hold a pencil. I've nearly written it all -- I've captured storybook fantasies in elementary school, responded to prompts for appraisal in middle school, reported in-depth articles, published my own poetry books, and slogged pages of research reports for my undergraduate education. …
I’m going back to school
It took 2 years, 3 jobs, and nearly 6 months of muted anticipation (I've been waiting a long time to say this!), but I have some exciting news: I am going back to school. I graduated from Ohio University two years ago to date with a plan to continue my education in critical, feminist geographies …
A Year of Cyst-Stemic Change
I awoke one Monday morning after the first of the year with an excruciating pain in my right lower abdomen. The pain appearing on the first workday after the New Year, I thought I was just experiencing fatigue, jetlag, or the side effects of major dehydration after a magical, whirlwind tour of the southeastern part …
Remember who you are
There's a lot of new things going on in my life, lately. New apartment furniture. New job. New work clothes. A (relatively) new companion in life. A new watch on my wrist. A new purse to carry all of my new credit cards (now that credit scores seem to matter...). New favorite places to eat …
Coming Back Home
I've spent the last 12 months living in or within 3 miles of my childhood home. After rocketing back from a summer in southern Arizona, Singapore and San Francisco -- and a full, final semester at OU -- I was finally ready for a change of pace from the hectic, travel-filled sprint my life had …
Take Root: Mindful movement in practice
I knew in the first few minutes of the class that it wasn't going to be to my liking. I noticed right away, its absence all but unnerving my supposed-to-be calm senses. There was no music. Breathe in through your nose, the instructor nudged his pupils in the stony silence. I did as he instructed, …
