I’ve always ascribed a certain sacredness to books. I love shopping for them, collecting them, and just having them around so beautifully filling up shelves. Reading was my favorite childhood sport, after all. There’s just something about those printed pages. Naturally, I became very anti-ereader also. “Why would...
I’ve been having a bit of writer’s block, which really doesn’t work for my life and occupation. But I remembered that it’s National Poetry Month and decided to find the strength to post something that was already written. It’s both strange and therapeutic for me...
For Black History Month this year, I decided not to buy anything and read books that were already on my shelf. I was sad that I lost a week of reading at the beginning of the month because I was moving but it ended up being a great reading month...
There’s a stereotype that introverts don’t like parties. I like parties, as many of us do. I have my limits but specifically, I enjoy the planning part—the organizing, the themes, the decor, the outfits. For a few years, I’ve been waiting until I live in a...
The year 2017 was a strange reading year for me and not my best. In fact, I couldn’t even classify many of the books I gave 5-star ratings to as my favorites of the year. Hopefully 2018’s list of bests will be longer; a few of the books...
I’ve been reading a lot lately. I’ve also been thinking in lines of poetry. I believe it’s evidence of the way my brain is turning and reading helps to calm it down. The “poetry line thoughts” are my mind’s way of releasing emotion that it can’...
For some reason (probably because this blog is something like a progress journal), I feel the need to note here that this marks the first poem I’ve written since middle school. This post is two months to the day of my last blog post and everything I’ve tried...
I’ve been trying to figure out what brave looks like now, by remembering the days of bold. Different sets of years just feel like two radically different days and I’m connecting the dots between now and an uninterrupted, anxiety-free yesterday. A few months ago, someone told me I...
It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been more focused on reading than writing, so now I guess I’ll write about reading. You could say I’ve read a few good books recently, a few of which are pictured below. As my eyes peeled their...