Words Set Free
Mirrors That Clarify Instead of Distort I’ve watched my son become a father, and my daughters become mothers, each embracing parenthood with a grace that leaves me both humbled and awestruck. They’re better at it than I ever was at their age—a truth that is both comforting and a tad disconcerting, like seeing your reflection […]
Part 1: Cereal Shapes & School Secrets Part 1: Cereal Shapes & School Secrets Opie was eight years old when he had his first epiphany. The events leading to this life-changing enlightenment began in earnest during his customary breakfast ritual of scrutinizing the back of a cereal box. That morning, the carton in question was […]
In a world where attention is the new currency, I find myself rich in distractions but poor in focus. My mind flits from one fleeting thought to another, like a man walking down a busy street, questioning why he’s “soft in the middle now.” With my latest fitness tracker of choice ticking up with each […]
Laced with Meaning: Unraveling the ssSS vs SsSs Debate In the annals of fitness psychology, few debates have raged as fiercely or divided communities as deeply as the controversy surrounding the proper sequence of donning socks and shoes. Is it sock-sock-shoe-shoe (ssSS), or the rebellious sock-shoe-sock-shoe (SsSs)? This seemingly trivial choice may, in fact, offer […]
It has become my own holiday tradition… but not one I am fond of. As the world around me starts gearing up for the holidays, I find myself saying, “This year, it will be easier. Enjoyable. This year will be merry.” But then, a delivery vanishes into thin air. A task, seemingly simple, spirals into […]
It has become my own holiday tradition… but not one I am fond of. As the world around me starts gearing up for the holidays, I find myself saying, “This year, it will be easier. Enjoyable. This year will be merry.” But then, a delivery vanishes into thin air. A task, seemingly simple, spirals into […]
As observed from the edges of the Plot In the untamed regions beyond the Teeline, where grammar grows wild and punctuation roams free, dwell the most magnificent creatures known to the written world: the Sentences of Unusual Size. Two distinct species have been documented thus far—the elegant Runon (Sententia infinitum) and the swift Fragment (Sententia […]
Once upon a blank page, there lived a blinking cursor, dancing to the rhythm of uncertainty, a lone disco dancer in a vast hall of white. This cursor, a knight of potential prose, jousted with the void, a battle where the first casualty was always clarity. Tap. Tap. Tap.Backspace. Backspace. Backspace. The keyboard hummed a […]
The Art Of Actively Avoiding Activity My laziness is inspiringly industrious. This stark certainty struck as I was considering cleaning my bedroom, as I had set in my “to-do list” two or maybe thirty days ago. Upon taking note of the task at hand, I realized this was less a bedroom and more a realm […]
How can you describe a photo of your daughter holding her daughter? It’s somewhat similar to snapping a sunrise and a sunset in a single shot. The colors of dawn and dusk blend effortlessly, painting a picture that captures both beginnings and endings—each marking a breathtaking moment of transition. They’re more than pictures; they’re love […]