Dear Journal, I’m feeling optimistic today, and not just because I got my teaching schedule for the spring, but that’s a great reason to feel good. It’s exciting to see a continuation of what I’ve been working hard for the past few months. But I’m feeling optimistic because there are so many other things ahead … Continue reading Dear Journal: Optimism, and Best Friends
Dear Journal, I like to dance, to shake my hips, to shimmy to the ground, and to pop back up again like nobody’s business. I like to slide to the side, to bop my head to the invisible drumbeat, to get down with my bad self. It’s just something I was born with, this need … Continue reading Dear Journal: The Dance
Dear Journal, I am often fascinated by seemingly casual exchanges between people, especially when one of those people happens to be me. My life is pretty scripted, so there’s not much room for new exchanges, for making new friends, or even just for seeing those people I call friends. But every once in a while … Continue reading Dear Journal: Novelty
Dear Journal, I subscribe to Esquire. And I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t Esquire some swanky magazine for the upper crust? Shouldn’t something like Men’s Journal be more my speed? I’ll admit I subscribed to Esquire on a bit of a whim. Through some other avenue I was able to get a 75% discount on … Continue reading Dear Journal: Reading Material
Dear Journal, The summer was mild until I took the air conditioner out of the window. Coincidence? I think not. Maybe there’s something to the old adage that when you least expect it something happens. It’s happened way too often for it to be anything more than a direct correlation, at least to me. I … Continue reading Dear Journal: These Mild Summers
Dear Journal, It’s been a while, I know. But please don’t judge me. I have good excuses, I swear. Okay, maybe they’re not good, but they’re excuses anyway. Now that I’m finally here, though, I’ll get down to it. I hardly ever read my previous journal entries unless someone discovers an entry and approves of … Continue reading Dear Journal: This Divine Symmetry
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