Priorities in 2013
With the new year fast upon us, I find myself contemplating how I have grown and changed over the past year. Since late September or early October, I find myself … Continue reading
Any Coffee Shop, Anywhere
You know the place. Perhaps tinted windows, or window shades protect your view of inside before you walk in. Opening the door, you have no idea what is inside, yet … Continue reading
City of Sorrow, City of Hope
I pulled the borrowed Lexus I was driving to a metered parking spot in The Embarcadero. Grateful to get parking within ten blocks of my destination, I grab a handful … Continue reading
The Fog Sets In
Lately there has been a bit of a fog over Sonoma county. A heavy mist that makes the mountains look like mashed potatoes covering an unhealthy portion of moldy meatloaf. … Continue reading
7 Days of Thanks – Day Five: Education
As a first-semester freshman, one of my professors asked me if I had ever thought of graduate school. I had vaguely heard of it and had a concept that it … Continue reading
7 Days of Thanks – Day Four: Literature, Music & Film
So much of humanity is described by what we produce. Literature, music and film are the three forms of art I most frequently utilize in my life. There is little … Continue reading
7 Days of Thanks – Day Three: Friendship
I have never heard of the concept of Friendsgiving until this year. It’s the idea that one takes a night to enjoy a Thanksgiving Day meal with their friends at … Continue reading
7 Days of Thanks – Day Two: Family
I spent most of high school and the majority of college being frustrated with my family. I guess that makes me the average teenager, right? Time and distance gives us … Continue reading
7 Days of Thanks – Day One: The Little Things
Relatively recently a cold front came through the state of Oklahoma, bringing the soaring summer temperatures to an end and snapping us straight into late fall. It is the time … Continue reading