I can say with complete honesty that I fear never writing again more than I fear death. A fellow writer once asked me what I would do if I was told I could never write again. I told her I would explode. Simple as that. Just the thought of it alone made me short of …
What you’ve kept
I kept the Ithaca College snapback you let me borrow. I asked if you wanted it back but you said no, I can have it. So I still have it. I’ve kept the poster of Jim Morrison. I’ve kept the shower ring we stole that I wore as a bracelet. I've kept the boxes and …
What you ate for breakfast
We call it an egg toasty thing in my family but I think if you go to Cracker Barrel, they have it under the name Bird in a Basket. It's a strange name but after a bit of thought I discovered the name to be completely logical. If the egg were to hatch it would …
Choose how you will die
I’d like to die before I turn 100. The year I turn 100 it will be 2093 and that is cutting it just a little too close to the year 2100. The way I imagine the year 2100 is very similar to the way Ray Bradbury pictured the future in his book Fahrenheit 451, and …
What your desk thinks about at night
"Why did she leave that one pen out? Why didn't she put the pen back with all the other pens? Is that pen in trouble or something? Or maybe she likes it better than all the other pens. I didn't really take her for a favorites-playing type of person, though. Anyway, I wonder if she's …
A houseplant is dying. Tell it why it needs to live.
Dear House Plant, Today I noticed some brown spots around the edges of your beautiful green leaves. Does this mean you’re dying? I really hope not because your death would cause me some serious distress. As you know, I don’t own a dog so after a long, hard day at work I really enjoy coming …
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