“Don’t Be Something You’re Not”

We hear it from the time draw near self awareness - "don't be something you're not." If you don't want to spend your teenage years at the mall applying glitter lip gloss and prank calling cute boys - don't - you don't have to buy into "popular." If you don't get into spending your evenings…

Words that Make Life Exciting

I'm a word-nut. I have been since I was a small child. For a long time people thought that I was shy because I didn't speak often. But the truth is that I did not want to say anything unless I had the 100% most precise words to say it with. Whatever I had to…

Today I learned…

Today I learned that a group of foxes is called a skulk. I learned that children are not taught how to handle books gently and respectfully, but like disposable toys. Well, I learned that again. I learned that the word formication means "a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or…