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I Wear Too Many Metaphorical Hats and Not Enough Real Ones
What is the point? I’ve actually grown in subscribers to my surprise, so I’m asking you. What do you want to see from me? Which hat caught your attention? Or should I just write away until I somehow figure out what my angle is?
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The Silence Curse Part 3
Missed Part 1 and Part 2? I woke, kicking and screaming, babbling in that strange language. “Stephanie! Stephanie!” Mom was shaking me by the shoulders. It took me a while to remember who I was. A normal girl with no magic powers, who was not royalty, and was definitely not adopted. I sat up, gulping
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The Silence Curse Pt 2
Missed part 1? Read it here! “What’s your name?” Ms. Y asked, but her voice was faint, like an echo. More pressing were the words resounding painfully in my head. They were in that language—the one I somehow understood, the one from my dream. Don’t say anything. Never say anything to anyone. Everyone was waiting.
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The Silence Curse – Short Story Pt 1
Bullets fly everywhere, a swarm of deadly mosquitoes. The shrieks and sobs add to the music of the flesh-tearing lead balls. Amidst the chaos, a young toddler crouches. Her yellow, spring dress is soiled. The soot on her face lends her a deathlike pallor. Adults jump over and run around her, as if the girl
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The Time I Accidentally Crashed a Wedding in California…
It’s 2018 and I am smack-dab in the middle of my first-ever internship: The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program. Essentially, it’s a boot camp in field biology. A group of 20 freshman/sophomore college students, we travel around California learning the ropes of conservation research. I don’t call it a boot camp lightly. Early mornings, late
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Traveling Sans Reception – 5 Lessons This GenZ’er has learned
If you’re an older generation, then you’ve probably been decrying the danger of social media for years. As a GenZ’er, I’ve heard your warnings. I have also dismissed them as over-exaggerated . It’s become a cultural norm to wind down after a busy day with a couple hours of Youtube, maybe some scrolls through Instagram.
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