June 26, 2019Early morningThe light of a newly risen sun trickles over the eastern ridge behind my parents’ trailer and in through the living room window. It slowly covers the brown carpet with a thin, golden blanket. My father stands vigil over my grandfather, a man quite literally on his death bed. They are untouched …
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Strange Sacrifices
Here’s a hot take for a COVID-19-ravaged world. It’s easier for some people to send loved ones off to literal war in a foreign country than it is for them to swallow their pride and wear a face mask and latex gloves to the grocery store. Americans are conditioned for bombastic, over the top, summer …
Podcast Alert!
The new episode of Vermont Public Radio’s weekly Brave Little State podcast features a variety of pieces about how different Vermonters are coping with COVID-19. I was fortunate enough to be included on this episode, reading an edited version of my Living In Holland piece (which can be found here). Brave Little State can be …
A College Education
My freshman year of college, I had a wild writing professor. I didn’t realize then how incredible she was, and if I had a time machine, I’d go back and advice my younger self to pay more attention and appreciate what she was teaching and who she was. This was an Exposition & Analysis class, …
Apocalypse In Aisle 3
Over the past few weeks, as reality started to bend until its spine snapped and it took on a nearly unrecognizable shape, I’ve been hit by waves of surreality. Oftentimes when these waves wash over me, I feel a bit dizzy, my stomach gets a little queasy, and I find myself short of breath. After …
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