Category Archives: Blog Post

I’ve been returning to this document frequently over the past two weeks, trying to write, add ideas, edit, just to hit save and close it again– not knowing what to say or how to say it.  It would be practically impossible for me to sum up this past year or to do the 30,000 mileContinue reading “The Landing”

“I’m going to need to scan your ID.” My heart begins to race as I hand over the Rhode Island branded rectangle of plastic emblazoned with my face.  I’m not in trouble.  I remind myself that it’s a real ID that scans.  Weeks away from turning 24, you’d think my legality would have sunk inContinue reading “Another See You Soon”

This blog post was written over the course of the last month and is, like me, all over the place. I steady my shaking hand and gently nudge the block back and forth.  Laying on the floor of the shared living room of our ACE provided housing in Sacramento, brow furrowed in deep concentration, IContinue reading “Winner, Winner, *Vegetarian* Chicken Dinner”

Sitting in the backseat of the pickup truck cradling my bag of gardening tools on my lap, squeezed in between baskets of flowers and bags of soil, and still half asleep, I watch the familiar scenery roll by as we make our way from the farm in Wyoming, RI to Watch Hill driving the sameContinue reading “getting my hands dirty”

I burrow deeper into my sleeping bag, grateful for the extra pair of wool socks I decided to put on before getting into bed, and listen to the howling wind angrily course through the Moraine Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Like a swaddled baby in an oversized crib, I try to let the gustsContinue reading “Negative Degrees, Positive Attitude”

This blog post can also be read on Medium. I turned the faucet as hot as it could go letting out a sigh of relief as the water began to defrost my frigid hands. Once I could bend my fingers comfortably again, I took two pumps of soap from the dispenser and began scrubbing them clean.Continue reading “Hotel Walmart”

This blog post can also be read on Medium. After the sun sets and darkness sweeps over whatever landscape I am inhabiting for the night, I layer on another sweatshirt, slide into my slippers, and start winding down from the day. I prepare, then eat some sort of dinner, journal, read, and configure a planContinue reading “The Big Right Turn”