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At Dusk

Dusk is my favorite time of day. The sky is at its most beautiful, and the warm embrace of darkness has just begun creeping on while the dying fire of the sun burns an impossible red at the edge of…

Everything Ends – The Eye of Infinity

Recently, I’ve been in a bit of a thirsty brain mood. I’m sure it’s the awakening spring affecting me, demanding new perspectives, new knowledge. So, I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries of late. Since I absolutely adore math, one…

On Travel – pt.1

“Mmm. Tastes like California.” “Iced coffee?” my coworker nudges. “You know it.” Of course, my iced coffee doesn’t actually have much California in it, being from a local café on the main street of Salt Lake City. Even the espresso…

We Should Start Throwing Bricks Again

Seated at the bar, I’m deep in the crowd, surrounded on all sides, bodies within each square inch of me. The music is loud, inescapable–nearly unbearable. I can’t hear anything else in the world, not even the man shouting two…

Sunday

The curtains are glowing red when my alarm goes off, sunlight trying to force its way through the fabric. Having gotten into bed not 5 hours ago, I sigh wearily, slamming my hand onto the phone to snooze. I feel…

Everything Ends – The Epiphany That Changed My Life

“Everything is temporary,” “nothing lasts forever,” “this, too, shall pass,” or “memento mori.” However you like to say it, the constant promise that everything, no matter what it is, ends eventually has become something of a mantra to me lately.…

Letting Go of my First Car – The Story of Baby

After three years, I am saying goodbye to my first car. I always expected to be a car owner like my father, keeping the vehicle as long as physically possible (AKA, running her into the ground), and keeping each scratch…

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