Check out Colorado Review's most recent podcast episode! I sit down with Meghan Pipe and Stephanie G'Schwind to discuss the Fall issue of the magazine and other literary things we're grateful for. Listen to me read some dope poems from the issue! http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/november-2017-podcast-fallwinter-2017-editors-chat/ Love to all.
Category: Holidays
Hailstorms, Fireworks
The storms out West were stark and angry. The sagebrush and juniper desert of New Mexico and western Texas allowed me to see the expanse of skies darkening out into the afternoon. Though the inside of my car was a much lower temperature, I could still smell the coming rain—the metallic scent of wet minerals …
Christmas in North Carolina
Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday - smell of balsam and pine, clove and cinnamon; sharing food and drink with loved ones; watching a child's face light up with joy upon opening a long-desired gift; huddling around either a lit Christmas tree or a crackling fire in the fireplace out of both reverence and a …
Christmas Preparations
It's been unseasonably warm for December here in Wyoming. We were almost afraid there wouldn't be any snow to speak of in the mountains when the Snowy Range Ski Area opened. Matt and I went up to the Snowies the weekend before last to get our Christmas tree, just like last year. We stopped by …
Gratitude
I'd like to live in the plane of gratitude, not just offer it up when I'm feeling warm and loved. In the way that some pray without ceasing, living and acting from a place of gratitude would have a profound effect on my frame of mind. Instead of shouting at Abe, my dog, for digging …
Holi in SLC
In order to live in Laramie, sometimes you just have to get out of Laramie. That's what my friend Amy and I did last weekend - five and a half hours of driving to Salt Lake City, another five and a half back. The descent into Salt Lake is as gorgeous as it is dangerous …
Christmas Season
If I could frame this post with a border resembling a pixelated holly garland, I totally would. It's CHRISTMAS SEASON! But first, it was Thanksgiving season. Since I work in the financial industry, I had to return to the office on Friday because the market was open. This prevented Matt and me from going down …
