Last night, my old friend from college sent me a text linking to a Reddit thread entitled, “How to move to Moscow, Idaho.” Ever the jokester, she quickly added a follow-up image of a dude in a cowboy hat and American flag shorts leaning against the wall of a liquor store, two twelve-packs at his… Continue reading Snow Tires
You’ve been putting off writing this post. Admit it. You were hoping, by now, to have some idea of where you’d be going (or not) in the fall. But no such luck. You are still sitting here, waiting, with four could-be offers, four red-hot MAYBE’s, blinking on repeat in your brain. All this waiting has… Continue reading Mr. Right
This past week, I devoured Eula Biss’ On Immunity: An Inoculation in three quick sittings. The book was a welcome distraction from MFA notification season; but it was also a painful wakeup call, at once inspiring and deeply humbling. “This is the kind of thing I want to create,” I found myself thinking, again and… Continue reading Patience & Doubt
It seems fitting, since my last post went up on the eve of the Full Moon, to check back in with my January goals and to-do lists today--the day after the New Moon. I should preface this by saying that I'm no hardcore astrologer. Not even close. But I do think there's something comforting about… Continue reading The Waiting Game
You could call this “the grace period.” January. The New Year, the clean slate. For me, January has been the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. The point where, at last, I’d have all my materials submitted, all my online status updates blinking “Under Review” in perfect unison. This month is supposed to… Continue reading Grace
