Choosing to Stay Dry

Happiness is a contagious thing. It is a choice, in some respects, to choose to be happy, to choose not to let something get to you. It is the sort of choice, like choosing to stay dry when you and your friends go to the pool. I was in a great mood earlier today. Not…

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Complex

Here is an excerpt of a piece I submitted, the beginning of a potential idea. Words are clusters of ideas, and the meaning of a word is contingent, never necessary. But trying to view the meaning of a word through one, or two specific lenses can be more helpful than trying to find some general,…

tick tock

There she stood, higher than her peers, but still not high enough, breeze blowing an aroma mixed with citrus and lavender. Reduced cognitive functioning, or perhaps coffee after thirteen hours of sleep, or perhaps a sudden necessity to focus after a weekend of living. Yes, she concluded, there was a difference between focusing and living.…