Hope is an action…

In the last year and a half I've been making it a point to start reading and thinking a lot more about my role in society. Specifically my role as a white, cisgender, heterosexual person in a country where people with these characteristics are apparently more highly valued by the system than humans who don't… Continue reading Hope is an action…

In Tune

Last night I attended the Iowa All-State Music Festival Concert, where the best high school musicians in the state perform together. My fabulous niece auditioned and was selected to be part of the chorus this year, so I went to the concert along with my family. The concert itself was pretty great, overall. There were… Continue reading In Tune

Perception

Have you ever seen something, but because of the circumstances you couldn't quite figure out what it was, or what was happening? The other night, after a pretty long day, I took the dog out for a walk. She was bored because she'd been cooped up most of the day while The Bearded One and… Continue reading Perception

Dystopia

Why do we love dystopia? Seriously, I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and I'm really trying to understand it. In the last few weeks I've listened to the audiobooks of The Handmaid's Tale and the first two books in the Maze Runner series (The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials)--commutes are great for… Continue reading Dystopia