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This past July, friend and writer, Ashley Logan, released her latest collection of poetry, A Body Made of Weather, to rousing success. A visceral and contemplative examination of womanhood, this collection reflects on the last ten years of Ashley’s life and work, reckoning with themes of violence, trauma, and loss while celebrating the feminine experience… Continue reading The Blood and the Bloom: 5 Questions with Poet & Writer Ashley Logan
Image Source: Unknown Lizzy’s eyes opened to a darkness blacker than night for there was no moon nor stars nor planets shimmering in the sky for her to observe. There was, however, a hard slab of wood beneath her body and the wet scent of earth in her nostrils. She felt granules of dirt abrade… Continue reading Lizzy Bennet in a Box: Micro Fiction
I've decided to take a longer lunch break today to write this post. A lot of the time, I'll clock out for 30 minutes, assemble and eat my food, then log right back on to my work computer. But today I made a sandwich and ate it while kicking the ball around with the dogs.… Continue reading Lately, life…
I've said it before and I'll say it again: autumn beach excursions are indisputably superior to summer ones. I will not be taking any questions at this time, but thank you for coming to my (very brief) TedTalk. As per usual, I’m writing about a travel experience way after the fact. However, it’s not anything… Continue reading October Ocean
I've been feeling creatively restless lately. I keep wanting to make changes to this space—to rebrand, redesign, rewrite. I've gone so far as to buy a new domain name and play around with other hosting options again. Every time I get in this headspace, though, I always experience a failure to launch. In part, because… Continue reading Thoughts on Conscious Self-Expression
I've been trying to make a concerted effort to eat healthier recently. Eating healthy these days is always a hit or miss activity. Unfortunately, since Covid, if it's not easy to cook—"cook" being a very generous term, here—then I'm not putting forth the effort. That's why I appreciate dishes I can easily throw together. I… Continue reading Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
A few weekends ago, my Ride or Dies and I traveled to Cleveland, SC to visit Victoria Valley Vineyards. We were supposed to stop by Caeser's Head first for a light hike, but decided the vineyard would keep us busy enough since we were only there for the day. This was our first vineyard trip… Continue reading Wine and Nosh at Victoria Valley Vineyards
I feel a thousand capacities spring up in me. I am arch, gay, languid, melancholy by turns. I am rooted, but I flow. —Virginia Woolf, The Waves Lately, I've been feeling a bit like I'm on summer vacation. Instead of relishing the freedom from stifling walls and bustling hallways, however, the impending summer season feels… Continue reading Scenes from Crescent Beach
backyard happy hour. We all have our little hells, things we must live through without a certain end. I don’t think of hell as some crackling, fiery place but that time we spend crucifying ourselves over the uncontrollable whims of life. Hell is the knife of emotion that takes hold in the heart, winding it’s way through the chest, cracking… Continue reading Little Hells: A Poem
I never did write about my hiking experience at Pisgah National Forest during New Year's weekend. Nearly three months ago! I won’t ramble on about it too much, but there are some photos I took and didn’t share in my more timely Instagram post, so because this is my personal blog and I pay to… Continue reading Hiking Shortoff Trail at Pisgah National Forest
