Category: Life and Love and Stuff

There’s some foreign tune rattling the Starbucks speakers above me. Behind, two guys laugh and joke about their adventures the night before.  Beside me, a man attempts to sell a couple on something.  Insurance, I think.  Their voices blend together with a dozen others, occasionally joined by espresso machines spewing steam and metal measuring cups clanging against a […]

It starts slowly.  A glow in the distance, red hues mixing in with the black and grey. The world around me begins to take form as I become aware of the cracked streets stained with the salt of snowplows, bare parking lots, dormant office buildings. That’s when I see it. The rays of fire burning […]

My hand moves without thought.  Before I realize what’s happening, it’s holding my phone, finger reaching for the power button.  I push, the screen lights up, and my eyes go to the top left. No notifications.  No updates. I unlock the screen and cycle through the apps, hoping to find something.  To see that someone […]

My posture has slipped again.  I can feel the joints of my spine crack softly as I straight up.  A few moments from now, and I’m sure I’ll be slouching again. Always trying to correct myself.  Always slipped back into old, comfortable habits. What am I trying to do here?  I ask myself that question […]