27 Dresses, 27 Years
The most beautiful birthday girl <3 Dearest Mikaela, Happy 27th Birthday !! I am so very grateful for you. You are beautiful, smart, driven, and so cool! For those of you who don’t know Mikaela, let me tell you about her. Mikaela shows up for people. When she is needed or invited, she will be there. Royal blue has to be her best color. And Mikaela is in a different city almost every weekend of the year. This year for her birthday, she threw a "27 dresses" party where everyone
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Emma is 26
Happy Birthday Emma! Dear Emma, Happy Birthday! I can't believe that you are 26 years old. What a fun, sophisticated, sexy age to be. You are starting this next year of your life abroad . How cool is that? You'll be able to tell people that you turned 26 in Dubai while earning your law degree. It is impossible to be cooler than you. I have known Emma since 2018. Let me tell you about her. Emma has always been smart. This is apparent after spending a mere ten minutes with he
Feb 222 min read
I've Been Sleeping With the Lights On
This is Birdy from the Hirono Shelter Series. I turn the lights off at first. I lay there enveloped by darkness. At first, I think I can’t fall asleep because it is too quiet. I turn on the fan. Minutes pass. Maybe it is still too quiet. I open my laptop and put on a background show. Ten minutes later, I turn the light on to find some socks, because maybe my feet are cold. I leave the light on by accident, but I don’t want to turn it off yet. In the morning, the light is stil
Feb 155 min read
An Ode to Snow
the only “snow” i have seen this year. the leaves cling, withered, to the tree. they are heavy and tired, despite weighing next to nothing. you see, the snow hasn’t come to help them let go. leaves are nervous things. they quake and shiver in the wind. these are not god’s bravest creations. the leaves need the snow - dancing and pointy - to convince them that they have done enough. their tree will live on without them. the arthropods need shelter from the mountain. chickadees
Jan 272 min read
The Five Best Books l Read in 2025
(these books are excellent) This past year, I read a fair amount. Between finishing my English degree and being able to read for fun again, I have some excellent contenders for the five best books of my year. In alphabetical order, I present my top five books of the year. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (1872) Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (2011) Luster by Raven Leilani (2020) Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (2017) The Passion by Jeanette Winterson (1987) Honorab
Dec 29, 20253 min read
On Being Human
Utah really is so beautiful. Hello my friends. I am finally back after the grand mouse fiasco that consumed my life for a couple of weeks. I feel clean and safe in my home, but now I have a cold. One of the most human experiences imaginable. We could measure life from cold to cold (or from non-cold to non-cold, although that seems overly optimistic given the circumstances). My nose is stuffy. The sockets behind my eyes ache. In fact, my entire body aches. I am hyper-aware of
Nov 28, 20253 min read
Annabelle Day #5
this^ It’s 4:07am, and I am afraid to fall asleep because I have so much to do. I have work at 8:00am, so I will probably get up and go to the gym (since I’m up anyway). I see my friends tonight, and Annabelle died five years ago. She is the reason I am going to see my friends tonight. Currently, I have pink curlers inside my pink bonnet (my skin is ugly, so my hair has to compensate), and I am wearing a pink nightgown. What you need to know, if you read nothing else, is that
Oct 13, 20253 min read
