Category Archive: Essay

Soapboxes, experiences, thoughts and conclusions.

Sullied

Sullied

Or, How I Learned To Stop Resisting Conformity And Love Life It was for the standard little-girl reasons — prairie life, petticoats, ponies — that my …

 

I’ll Have . . . the Salad?

I’ll Have . . . the Salad?

It occurred to me, about a month ago, that the only thing really preventing me from becoming a vegetarian was my fear of what other …

 

Heroes

Heroes

There isn’t much that I wouldn’t do for a bicycle. They pass me every day on my walk to work: a whir and the click of …

 

Family Reunion!

Family Reunion!

When I was little I would sit on the toilet and wonder if ghosts were watching me. Hovering near the mirror, standing in the tub, …

 

Inexplicable Hauntings

Inexplicable Hauntings

The first time I mistakenly thought I was seeing my junior high science teacher years and miles from when he’d actually taught me science, I …