All That She is Not On Sunday morning, Natalie drives to her father’s house wishing she drank two cups of coffee instead of one. It is fifteen years after her parents divorced and Natalie still finds it unfair that her mother is the only one who, after all of the court meetings and paperwork, lost [...]
Tag: creativity
Journal Entry: Eleven
February 9th, 2019 Last night I dreamed that a young couple invited me to their beautiful home in Trastevere. It was a villa with a pool and many vines and plants outside. I remember how the couple and their little children were interacting. I could feel their love for each other and their sacrificial mindsets. [...]
Childhood Twice Over
What is more baby brother than a shy knock on my bedroom door? What is more baby brother than his body flopping onto my bed, keeping his feet in the air so that they don’t touch the pillows. I remember the summer we changed our names and begged dad for guinea pigs. The summer I [...]
Literary Spotlight: Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
On a rare and blessed occasion, London sees a sunny day, or rather, a day comprised of sunny moments. Today was one of them. It was a Wednesday and I had no lectures to attend, so I decided to take the bus into Kingston. Before leaving campus, I filled my black Dooney & Bourke tote [...]
wild flowers & leather
Central London, UK "there is enough room for all women to be whole without tearing each other down."
patience at the bus stop
London, England two colors, so many textures
there is a turtleneck for every occasion
LONDON found this in one of Twickenham's killer vintage stores
In New York City There is Nobody
It was the beginning of January in New York City and I couldn't think of any good reasons to get out of bed. In my defense, my mother and I were staying at The Plaza Hotel for the weekend so our bed was a chic king-size with satin pillowcases and warm cotton sheets; even the [...]
December Morning
Visual poetry... Music: Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy
Journal Entry: Eight
January 20th, 2019 Today I woke up at 9:30. I made coffee with my new french press and then I read in bed for a while. I did my first load of laundry today. The washing machine is puny. Around 12:15 I ate yogurt and granola. The woman from Italy Excel emailed me back and [...]