The sound of my voice

“Sometimes we talk simply for the sake of hearing ourselves talk…The activity gives us a pleasant sense of being alive…In all this, the significance of the words used is almost completely irrelevant.” -S.I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action. Ch. 6, The Language of Social Cohesion
Mindless talking for the sake of talking? Guilty as charged. [...]

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Short story from Peace Park

{The following is a story I wrote in my notebook today while sitting in the park in between classes. I’d seen this guy with his fat little dachshund around downtown twice in 24 hours, and then they walked past me in the park. They seemed aimless, so I decided to give them a story.}
He had [...]

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For Our Anniversary

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s most quiet need; by sun and candle-light. ~Elizabeth Barrett [...]

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This car is our escape tonight

“I feel like a tent that wants to be a kite, tugging at my stakes.” -Rich Thomas, A Three Dog Life
I can never hang around the house for too long. I get this nagging feeling that the world is just pulsing with potential life, waiting to be lived, and all I have to do is [...]

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Friendship

“The blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearless on any subject; with whom one’s deepest as well as one’s most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely.” -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life for a Life

If there’s one thing that will get you through life more surely than anything, [...]

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