Rather than tell you about my transition from 2025 to 2026, I'll tell you how that transition reflects the greater transition of who I am today, and how I became it. My teen and college years were wrought with "no's," "anti's," and "against's." After an upbringing of embracing being an outcast, my adulthood has surprisingly... Continue Reading →
How can making a rice & beans dinner on a Wednesday have anything to do with celebration - especially celebration of steadiness? Hello, it's been nine months and a day since my last blog post, but I'm back, and doing just fine. 🙂 Daily writing promptWhat are you doing this evening?View all responses Seriously, I'm... Continue Reading →
No individual in my life has shown me the meaning of success more than my mom has. She has taught me not only how to be successful, but how to develop my own idea of what it even means to be successful. She raised my younger brother and I with (probably too much) liberty, did... Continue Reading →
When your dad dies, there are a number of things you are expected to do, and some you are expected NOT to do. Here they are, and I'm doing them both. Reminisce, look over photos, distribute his belongings, repeat his favorite sayings, and laugh. Laugh more than you're allowed. Laugh at things that aren't funny.... Continue Reading →
Our modern obsession with discussing our mental health issues seems like half of its own problem. We are trying so hard to "solve" our mental health issues that we're only stressing ourselves further from intrapersonal peace. At least, this seems to be a challenge I face when learning to love myself, again. And again. And... Continue Reading →
If this is what it means to be an artist, then I beg the universe or God or whoever or whatever to release me. This excerpt was written a couple of weeks ago and yet reading it aloud for the video made me cry, again. If anyone else relates to this, please speak up, I'm... Continue Reading →
Hello, my name is Andrea and I am addicted to media consumption (just like everyone else). The media I've been consuming lately is Reddit's sub forum Am I The Asshole (AITA), The Legend of Korra, the insanely brilliant novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, and Body Image-related posts in my Instagram Feed. Social Media Addiction... Continue Reading →
Is everyone dying around me, or am I just dying inside? The answer is yes, of course; we are all dying bit by bit, within and without. I ask, "May I Talk About Dying?" because the conversation has always felt either forbidden and sacred, or, if you understand me, whimsical. Most photos were taken by... Continue Reading →
Does the endless expanse of flatness make midwesterners constantly existential? Tomorrow is our last day in civilization before we enter the woods tomorrow. Pete and I have planned five loops or in-and-out backpacking excursions, returning to society in Salt Lake City for a relaxing end-cap, for me. Then Pete's going on two more excursions with... Continue Reading →
Although my poetry skills are merely intriguing at best, here are some nature poems for you. Two of which were written recently, the third written years ago. Magnet Poetry The beauty of magnet poetry is that the combination of the words provided for you generates its own meanings. With these, I closed my eyes and... Continue Reading →
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