This month’s FITG drops on my 3rd wedding anniversary 🙂 I’m holding space for the joy that this day brings me, while remembering that there is great danger looming on the horizon: Election Day. I made a resource for folks to mentally and emotionally prepare for November 3rd because I believe in honoring our ever-changing…
Read MoreFlowers in the Garden: Bloom or Doom? (October 22, 2020)
Scary Things #2: One Is the Loneliest Number
Every week in the month of October, I will be sharing reflections on the Very Scary Things I’ve had to face in 2020 — emotionally, physically, spiritually. This is the second installment. For the previous one, read here. Unsurprisingly, months of isolation and social distancing can make you feel lonely. We’ve all felt it at…
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Scary Things #1: Body-ody-ody
Every week in the month of October, I will be sharing some reflections on the Very Scary Things I’ve had to face in 2020 — emotionally, physically, spiritually. This is the first in the series. The first scary thing I’ve faced during quarantine is arguably the source for all of our sensory experiences — the…
Read MoreFlowers in the Garden: Venus (September 18, 2020)
Welcome back to the garden, lovebuds. In the last month, encompassing the magic of my birth season — Virgo season — I have been consuming so much beauty. There has been a fair share of despair these last 4 weeks, and we’ll talk about ways to miitgate or commiserate with these difficult events. But all…
Read MoreSome Notes on Wanting
Seclusion illuminates much when it is foisted upon you. Some of us are, for the first time in our adult lives, having to contend with loneliness that quite literally cannot be touched by others. We cannot live our lives in the ways we’d so become accustomed: grabbing a coffee, enjoying lunch at your favorite spot…
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Objectivity Is a Lie
Objectivity doesn’t mean what you think it means. Let’s use the dictionary definition of the word as our starting point. If a person or opinion is objective, it is “not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.” As a former journalism student, I know the term all too well. For the…
Read MoreFlowers in the Garden: Sowing Seeds (August 21, 2020)
Welcome to Flowers in the Garden, your monthly stroll through the greenhouse of our culture. In this column, I will share some of the art, journalism, stories, and humor that have sown seeds in my brain over the last moon cycle, more or less. Consider it a digital altar of the important news and nuanced…
Read MoreShe Got a Makeover…(the blog not me lol)
Welcome The Wordy Wench 2.0! I’m so happy you’re here. I’ve redesigned this blog to hopefully be more user-friendly for my readers, but mostly to make it cute. I don’t know yet where this blog will take me, but my hope is that it helps me make a sustainable living as a writer. To help…
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On HBO Max’s ‘Legendary’, There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Confident
In a near-dystopic America, many people are learning about the things they were never taught. Systemic racism, violent histories, cultures and perspectives previously ignored. It is in this climate of discovery that the show Legendary premiered on HBO Max. A competition reality show for a grand prize of $100,000, eight ballroom “houses” compete in dance…
Read MoreMy Body Was Meant for Pleasure, Not Pain
My body was meant for pleasure, not pain. I came to this realization while listening to a podcast. In this Very Special Episode devoted to the Black Lives Matter movement we are living in, the hosts were discussing all of the risks associated with attending protests. It wasn’t a matter of if things would turn…
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