

Coffeehouse
I search the coffeehouse with hopes of finding a home for the next two hours. The room is filled with couples, study groups, men in...


To the Girl Reading Grimm
I had a picture book as a child titled “Little Red Riding Hood.” My mother would read to me while I happily stared at the pages. The girl...


Macomb, Illinois
I'm listening to Lorde sing about a not-so-pretty city. It's reminding me of you, Macomb. Confined in you are sincerity, love, pride, and...

The Girl who Talks Non-Stop
How I stumbled on this quote is too far in the past to recall. Maybe I related to it a little too much. It was on some tacky picture in...