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The Long Game

At the end of September, I emailed a few of my old professors asking for revision advice. After two years of submitting THE RETURN OF THE FLAME

Dry ‘25

I haven’t had a full year without alcohol since I was 20. Now I’m 30, and I’ve spent many days and nights over the past decade reaching for another

Old Writing Revisited

One of the great joys of having an organized drive of all of my work is that sometimes I stumble on old writings. Like looking at old photos, they are

A Brief History of My Career as a Teacher

Several months ago, I wrote about my fulfilled aspirations to become a professor. Now, I thought it’d be fun to take a short trip down resume lane and

Life Is What Happens to You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans

A month before John Lennon was assassinated, his final album, Double Fantasy, was released. The most popular song to emerge was a beautiful song about

Writer Professor

I am the reader I am today because of J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter was the first book series I fell in love with, which may come as a surprise to those

Bruxism

In the first week of April, I spent four days in Chicago. I was met by a drizzle and a dash of snow which continued until my last day. Among the

The Sacrifice and the Payoff

Recently, I attempted TikTok as part of my goal to come out of my shell online. I made six videos over six weeks. You can watch them here, if you’d

Carving Away

Ideas are cyclical. It’s why I cover similar ground in these journal posts. Human memory is short. History—even personal history—is easily forgotten,

Output

I wish I could be like Ray Bradbury, who wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 in nine days. I wish I had a fiery passion that ignites into a story

The Building Years

Ah, yes. The new year. A reset. A fresh start. January cold. A warmer future ahead. Like many others, I make resolutions. Often, they are a

A Trite Metaphor

Please indulge a trite metaphor. A road. Life. The only part of the road that’s fixed is what’s behind, but even that’s hard to remember sometimes.

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