I have a confession: I am not a baker. I’m very good at eating other people’s baked goods, but actually baking? Not for me. However, my friend Khylie recommended a family recipe for a breakfast cake, other friends tried it out, everyone was gushing over how good it was, and, well, I was peer-pressured to … More I Bake (a Potica Cake) for the First Time
Time is a very mysterious entity. I never tire of trying to figure it out, and today, the last day of the year, I’ve spent more time than usual thinking about Time. Once upon a time, Time dragged by very slowly. I restlessly counted down the days to Christmas and despaired that it would never … More On Shadows and Sand // musings about Time
Once upon a time I was tagged by several illustrious people, tags that have been lying around gathering dust, and not the pixie kind. Such a shame, right? So since I am in a bookish mood, today I come to you with The Bookworm Tag, given to me by Joelle from The Pen Inspired! Thanks … More The Bookworm Tag // in which I mostly fangirl over The Count of Monte Cristo
In case you were wondering, no, my unexpected absence was not because I was abducted by fluffy purple aliens and forced to eat raw oysters while listening to monkeys sing opera under pain of death. I was busy with something far more consuming and stressful: college applications. That process can be described in two parts, … More What College Essays Taught Me about Crafting Realistic Characters
The United States of America is the greatest country on Earth. I have visited over twenty countries across four continents and not one of them offers as much liberty, prosperity, and opportunity as America. I’m not saying it’s perfect. This country has made plenty of mistakes and will continue to do so. But I don’t … More Why I Love America
Dear soul, I am going through it too. Right here. Right now. Not some time in the past, not an inevitable time in the future. Until five sentences ago, I hadn’t written a single word in over a month. Try to write just one word a day, they say. How silly, I think. Of course … More A Letter to the Soul Suffering from Writer’s Block
About a month ago, it snowed for the first time in about a decade. I wrote a post about my snowy adventures, including plenty of drama of how I had to enjoy every millisecond of it because it wouldn’t snow here again for another ten years. And then last week happened. A winter storm of … More The Great Texas Freeze of ’21
The Voyaging Storyteller 