Coming up Crocuses
“Awake, thou wintry earth – Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness!” “An Easter Hymn” by Thomas Blackburn The crocuses I planted last fall are […]
Contradictions in Characterizing Gen Y
Hey old people, stop telling me who I am! As I look around for commentary and articles relating to what I’m writing about here, I often come across articles that […]
Living the dream, or dreaming of living?
I love to ask people this question: “If you could DO or BE anything, what would it be?” (A very important query in trying to create a self-styled life) And […]
Jane Eyre: A Self-Styled Woman
I recently reread Jane Eyre after hearing an interview on NPR with the latest film adaptation’s director, Cary Fukunaga. I have not yet seen the film (I can’t wait though) […]
The Move-to-a-foreign (preferably European)-country-and-buy-a-spectacular-fixer-upper-villa Book
As I harbor a deep and unrelenting wanderlust but a simultaneous urge to nest, I have a particular fondness for that subgenre of travel writing wherein some privileged person goes […]
the self-styled life 