Me wearing a piece of clothing that makes me incredibly uncomfortable. I haven’t written lately. It hasn’t been for a lack of trying or...

A couple of fearless women, one with crazy hair (news flash: it me). I knew I would mess up and skip a day of blogging. What can I say?...

My Gujarat Girl She never told me, but I knew the way she slept in mango trees and rolled over ripened fruit, a fragrant mess as she...

Procrastination at its finest. Look at how artsy this is. I’ve been working hard on the same story for months. Years, really. I know I’ve...

Rosebud I felt a pinch in my palm: a rosebud sprouted from my life line. Its sepals clung together like a trembling suit of armor. I...

For months and months and months I’ve tried to get my shitty short stories published. They haven’t been (because they’re shitty,...

Life has been pretty rough for me as of late. I’ve been through the wringer, and I’m just trying to keep my shit together long enough to...

With so much time on my hands these days, I reflect a lot. A year ago, I met a young girl who was on the verge of tears every time I saw...

After 6 months of hand-wringing, my thesis adviser finally finished my draft. And guess what? It was as bad as I thought it was going to...

I’ve been thinking about the future a lot. Well, that’s not really surprising. I think about the future all the time, I always have. When...

It’s Saturday morning here in the Merlin house. My sisters are watching cartoons, my dog is playing with the family’s German shepherd,...

Sorry to disappoint, but I don’t actually have anything clever to say about boxing. I thought about it for awhile, but my brain quickly...

I’ve been fiddling around with poetry a lot more these days because, for me, it’s a lot easier to write a poem and express myself than it...

For most of my life I’ve written every day. Summers always slump in productivity because I allow myself to bingewatch too much t.v. and...

Since my relationship ended and my life restarted, I’ve been obsessed with the idea of being more adventurous. I guess I mean that I want...

I’ve been here two full days now. My whole life burnt down to the studs and, almost surprisingly, I’m still here. I did not cease to...

Tomorrow morning I’m leaving my life behind. Tomorrow morning a 6-year relationship is officially ending. Tomorrow morning my father is...

On Saturday my five-year relationship ended abruptly. It hurt. It still hurts. I hate that person as much as I love them. And yet,...

So, I’ve been rocking this whole 9-5 thing for a whole three days now. I gotta say, while it is soul crushing, there are some serious...