Published!

Published!

An exciting thing happened yesterday. One of my poems was published to an online publication called Calla Press! You can read it here. This is the first time my work has been published beyond my personal blog and small, private publications. And...Calla Press is including another one of my poems in their annual print journal [...]

Let’s Eat

Let’s Eat

Two of the best words ever are "Let's eat." Of course, any words that have to do with eating are pleasurable, but compared with other phrases also involving food and meal time, "Let's eat" is the best in my opinion. Why? "Let's eat" implies you are eating with someone else, that there is a shared [...]

Implications of Fast Fashion and How to Minimize Them

Implications of Fast Fashion and How to Minimize Them

I recently watched a quick video about "fast fashion" beginning in the Victorian era. It was very interesting and definitely gave me lots to think about. The advent of the industrial age and machines made many things possible that hadn't been possible before, or made them possible at lower costs and faster speeds. However, this [...]

A Liturgy for Advent

A Liturgy for Advent

In September, I got a book I had been wanting for a while. Every Moment Holy Volume1 by Doug McKelvey is a collection of liturgies for ordinary people and situations. There are liturgies for preparing a meal, for students, for the enjoyment of bonfires, for welcoming a new pet, etc. It has been a big [...]

The Sunflower

The Sunflower

This year, as most of the house projects were complete, I had more time to invest in the garden. In the spring, I pulled up the rest of the fast-growing vinca (which is pretty for places where not much else will grow but a waste in a full-sun plot) and began to move around and [...]