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The Cold Does Not Know Me
The heat knows me, my grandma once told me as she casually flipped the chicken with her hand notwithstanding the oil jumping a foot into the air (I had accidentally dropped water in the pan). A month later, I found myself thinking, The cold does *not* know me. Followed by, How quickly does frostbite set…
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My Truth for 2021
Every New Year I read the January 1 entries of all my past diaries. It’s a tradition with myself that I look forward to. This year I dreaded it. I was afraid that in reading the unfilled plans, high expectations, and even naivety about the state of our country of my Jan 2020 entry I…
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They say change…
They say change is beautiful. Agonizing. They say change is growth. Death. They say change is necessary. Inevitable. . Change is the gold and red of autumn. Sometimes autumn skips the colors and the leaves fall, Brown. Change is the pink and orange of sunrise. Every rising sun sets. Its pink and orange consumed, Wiped…
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Work in Progress: Mouth of Darkness
The hot air stuck to Colin’s lungs as he stared into the cave. Its mouth sucked the blinding light that came from the sky, though there was no sun in this world, leaving a darkness so thick it would have seemed an impenetrable wall, if not for the discreet swirling, which gave witness to its…
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Ever Changing
The great thing about clouds is they are ever changing. Sentinels of daydreams one day and harbingers of storms the next. Swirls of cotton candy and then wisps of cotton. The sky right now, at this very moment, has never been, nor ever will be the same. If we fail to gaze at the sky…
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My First Hitchhiking Experience
When it rains here in College Station it doesn’t stop. Students huddle under blankets with some hot chocolate and indulge themselves watching rom-coms. And without the sun filtering in through the window, can they really be blamed for sleeping in accidentally? But after 48…72…96 hours that lethargic mood goes from being refreshing to unproductive. And…
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