After finishing up the school semester, I left my new resident state in the south and took a convoluted, entirely inefficient roadtrip to my old stomping grounds in the north. I traveled highways and byways, slept on couches and in tents, and followed only one golden rule: If there's a friend nearby, ask to visit.…
Baby Knee
Live. Laugh. Love. It sure is cliche. But it feels deeply honest. I say it again, a full pause behind each. LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE. Isn't that what life is all about? I've been reflecting on relationships, and have decided that that is what all of life should be: relating to another, caring for one another,…
A Final Examination
They depart one by one, leaving their exam sheets at their seat. The room empties, leaving paper ghosts and air that lingers with the heavy sighs of searching for recall — "brain exhaust", as my graduate neurology professor named it. The exams are heavier as I pick them up; perhaps it's the graphite scratched into…
Conversations on El Camino 