FastPact #1: Coming of Age DaySo for our BDay Week, Abby Carr-Boyd and I decided to give ourselves a challenge -- every two weeks, I need to speedily write a story in...
My Ideas as an Exchange StudentI always wonder what happens to all those shower thoughts, all those random musings on the ride home that you forget to write down. Do...
10 Minute Story: RorschachHermann has a difficult childhood. He doesn’t play well with the other kids. While the other kids in Schaffhausen play in the...
10 Min Story: The Raven“We're doing this again?” The ink-black bird asked me. “Yes,” I breathe out wearily. “It’s day – what is it – day 563? I didn’t even...
The First QuestionToday, when you meet another adult for the first time, our society has defaulted to always ask one question – “What do you do?” And the...
When You Can’t Play Capoeira Series (Part 1)Let’s face it, we’ve all been there. Apart for a select few, many capoeiristas are not able to play and train every day. We try to make...
A 500-Year Old Street RodaA few terms before we begin: Roda (Pronounced as “ho-dah” the “ho” is a short “o” not as in “hoe” – don’t get any ideas.) According to...
Ray Bradbury Bullies Me From the GraveRay Bradbury is, as Neil Gaiman says, a writer who emerged as a “genre of one.” A giant of a writer and a creative force whose...
I Reclaim My MuchnessGrowing up, kids are fairly similar. We run around, making lots of noise, get caught up in excitement, dance like no one is watching,...