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June 22, 2025
I read a ton of books depicting friendships. Of all ages. I’ve read Young adult and middle grade writers like Erin Entrada Kelly, Melanie Conklin, Amy […]
May 17, 2025
Enjoy a new piece I wrote about the family down the street from us a long time ago…. Submit your poems to me! send to writinginthewinter77@gmail.com […]
March 4, 2025
It’s March. The month of Pisces and into Aries. Two very different individuals, but let’s not get into that. You didn’t sign up for zodiac updates. […]
January 13, 2025
January Notions Album Covers: As a lifelong student and payer-attention-to-the-arts—everything around me, including music, paintings, brand logos, store displays, and anything else with letters and graphics, […]
October 30, 2024
Chomp Press Pull is all about growing up WAY too enveloped in one’s sensory experiences, for better and worse. Are you itchy? Are you twitchy? Are […]
September 20, 2024
It’s been a while– Hello! Can we talk collections? Perhaps this is a side effect of my graduate studies. Okay, it definitely is—I’m in the very lovely […]
August 9, 2024
This is my first one. The purples and greens have somewhat faded, but the black outline still showcases its delicate shape and feathery wings. My grandfather […]
July 25, 2024
Guest Essay #18 I hate lists. Allow me to rephrase: I hate subjective lists, like “The Top 500 Albums of All Time” or “The 25 Greatest Directors […]
July 19, 2024
For about a decade, I’ve worked out nearly every day. ‘Rest days’ have been taken, not to give my muscles a break and a chance to […]
July 10, 2024
Chaos and Order by Ian M. Rogers I have trouble working amid chaos. If my office is full of scattered papers, piles of books, or […]
June 24, 2024
Dearest Gentle Reader, I’m 47. Some of you are sipping your coffee thinking—oh to be that young again. Others might be thinking—oh wow. Yeah…okay. I see […]
June 18, 2024
Guest Essay #15 By Dee Dee Reed Good Samaritan Hospital, New York. I came into this world at 30 weeks’ gestation weighing 3 pounds, 6 ounces. […]