May 18Play tourist with me?It’s a challenge, it’s a game, it’s a prompt What do you think of when you think of a “tourist”? If your head goes to the stereotypical caricature, you’re probably imagining shorts and high socks, and a fanny pack (not slung over the shoulder like is the current fashion but…Tourist3 min read
Published in RESONATES·May 6One of those days“It’s just been one of those days,” I tell my friend, before I start listing all the things that felt like extra weight today. Thumbs fly over the silent keyboard, and the blue bubbles stack up like a lego tower. It’s just been one of those days. It happens sometimes…Thoughts And Feelings3 min read
Published in CRY Magazine·May 4Draw This In Your Style (#DTIYS)Learnings from my new (old) hobby — I like to draw Before I started writing on Medium, it had been a while since I’d sat down to sketch. As much as we might love hobbies, sometimes it’s hard to make time for them. Sometime after I started writing here, I thought it might be fun to…Drawing5 min read
Published in CRY Magazine·Apr 6New York is always newI walked all over New York City, but saw it most clearly when I stopped — It’s a city that is always changing. It’s like how they tell us all our body cells renew every seven or ten years, and so do the city’s cells. While I don’t know the scientific renewal rate in New York, I would guess it takes less than a decade. Take…Travel4 min read
Published in RESONATES·Feb 24Say something: a short storyThey are pulled together by strings they don’t deny or acknowledge. Two-thirty AM, and it is too early to be there, but there they are. Two souls sitting side by side by the Gate 14 sign. They face the night sky and plug into their playlists, nodding their heads to…Chance Encounters5 min read
Published in The Lark·Dec 18, 2021The One With all the BreakupsProse — They were on-again, off-again. They were Ross and Rachel. They were on a break. They were never on a break. They were meant to be. They couldn’t last. They pushed, pulled, hid, and shared. They built it and broke it. Maybe they both had to grow up. They are kids…Short Story3 min read
Published in RESONATES·Dec 3, 2021Just 3 wordsNo, not those three words. — It happened at a wedding. We were sitting down, during one of those lulls in the dancing, where people seek refills or a chance to rest their feet when the three words came into question. “What three words would you use to describe yourself?” I was a little drunk and…Thoughts And Feelings4 min read
Published in CRY Magazine·Nov 8, 2021I broke a plate today, and wrote about itBright and early, before the day really started, I went into the kitchen and, accidentally, broke a plate. At any other point in the day, my reflexes might have helped me catch it. At any other point in the day, I might have realized that removing the clean dishes from…Writing3 min read
Published in RESONATES·Oct 31, 2021Living every day, like it’s on purposeI went to my brother’s graduation ceremony and, once again, noticed that these types of events seem to “hit” me more when it’s my siblings’ moment than when it’s my own. I finished high school and didn’t think twice about it. I was so excited for the long stretch of…Thoughts5 min read
Published in Chance Encounters·Oct 22, 2021I don’t talk to strangers… mostlyTalking to strangers is tricky. It’s one of those things we’ve been taught to avoid: literally. Most of my memorable conversations with strangers happened when I was traveling. I guess with tourist mode on, I was less task-oriented or destination-driven, and more open to chance encounters. On my last trip…Writehere3 min read
