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I went to camp longer than the average person. For this reason, I never had a paying job until the summer after I graduated from high school. It wasn’t just a casual internship – I’d tackled my fair share of those in the summers before or after camp. This one had a real paycheck and […]
On a wonderful, but rare trip home recently, I opened the newspaper to find a massive picture of daffodils covering the front page. It was an ant’s view, staring up into rays of sunshine drifting down on towering green grass shoots and delicate stemmed flowers. The bright yellow blossoms stretched above and below the paper’s […]
Being out of college has taught me the answers to some of life in the first world’s most important questions. I have learned how to budget my money fairly well. It’s generally divided in my head into two categories: “bills” and “food.” I know that if my car says “15 miles to Empty” that it […]
I was in high school, eating my breakfast, and watching my dad fill up his coffee mug when these words actually came out of my mouth: “I’m never going to start drinking coffee because I can’t imagine waking up and needing it everyday. That sounds awful.” Yeah right. A little kid that promises he will […]
Junior year of college, I went on what my school liked to call an “Alternative Spring Break trip.” Rather than heading to the beach or visiting high school friends, I went on an outreach trip to Ecuador. The entire concept of this was terrifying to me for one primary reason: I am an introvert. In […]
I went to college at Sewanee: the University of the South. If you’ve never seen Sewanee, you need to because no words can truly capture the beauty or spirit of the Sewanee community. For a first time visitor, there is a peculiar sense of mystery that is evoked by the campus and the students wandering […]
By 7:45 am yesterday, I was wearing a fox costume, complete with massive tail, my Mardi Gras tutu, a Mardi Gras top hat, and a mask. Mardi Gras fox was ready. By 8:00 I was saying “hi” to my neighbors who stared at me strangely, despite the fact that the entire family – husband, wife, […]
Remember how I got a ricer for Christmas and was giddily happy? I managed to make gnocchi three times in January. Three. Even for the biggest lover of fluffy balls of potatoes that make you want to eat until you think you might pass out and then you just continue eating, three gnocchi dinners, combined […]
My perfect afternoon? Oh, how funny you should ask that! I was just sitting here daydreaming about that very idea, so I’ll happily share it with you. The weather needs to be around 80°. Not the 80° that happens on the coolest nights during my Alabama Julys. I mean the glorious, humidity-free, 80° November afternoons […]
The summer after my freshman year in college, my friends and I rented a house in Seaside, Florida. We did not live in the area made so famous by The Truman Show. Instead, we rented a tiny beach cabin from the dad of one of my friend. We each paid $100 a month for this […]
