On behalf of the state of Indiana (of which I actually have no authority,) I’d like to apologize to all public school teachers. Seriously,...
Three days ago, at four am I sent my husband a two-page google doc simply titled, “I’m angry.” So yeah, I’d say I’ve rounded...
My name is Alicia and I’m obsessed with books and reading. My love for books started as a hobby in college and grew into...
Personally, I do not feel like I can choose words to describe the last few years. Any narrative I can think of doesn’t come...
“I even had to alert my neighbors in my apartment building to try and keep away from our walls that met because the radioactive...
I am not a houseplant expert. I have had the basic ‘this-will-live-through-anything’ plants die while in my care. But I’ve also had plants thrive,...
When I was little, people would remark how much I looked like my mother. Those people were wrong. Other people would tell me how...
4:45 pm
As I start to finish up work tasks for the day, I look beyond my laptop and out my home office window. That...
I have enjoyed the “process” leading up to things my entire life. Packing for a vacation or sleep away camp, getting my school supplies...
Let me tell you about a chair filled with love.
Inside a little grey house with bright pink numbers, rests an old floral chair with...
Little Blake squeals in delight as he jumps and wiggles on his bed. He's sorting balloons leftover from his second birthday by color. Blue,...
Weeks before I gave birth to my daughter, I found myself contemplating my upcoming role as a new mother. Before my pregnancy, I felt...
No one wants to get a call from their doctor at 7:00 am saying, “Hi Cassie, do you have a minute to talk?” For...
Pot, weed, devil’s lettuce, ganja, wacky tobacky, Colorado cocktail…the smoking flower form, gummies, mints, peanut butter, ice cream, soda variations. Like it or not,...


















