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  • December 17, 2025

    On Lighting Candles

    A meditation on ritual, absence and gestures that refuse to disappear. I was visiting a church the other day. Not…

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  • December 10, 2025

    Found Families Under Fire: Protectiveness as Love in Stranger Things Season 2

    Looking at the second season’s portrayal of care, control, and the emotional cost of keeping others safe. Season 2 of…

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  • December 3, 2025

    A Love Letter to Paul McCartney

    Reflections on my favorite artist of all time, a year after seeing him live. A year ago, almost to the…

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  • November 27, 2025

    Laziness vs. Productivity — The Wrong Battle

    Why fighting your lazy phases only makes productivity harder. *NOTE: I use the word “laziness” because that’s what we often…

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  • November 21, 2025

    5 Books That Have Influenced Me

    Maybe some will speak to you too. Reading has always been part of my daily routine. While a lot may…

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  • November 14, 2025

    The Last Romantic: The Tragic Beauty of Jeff Buckley’s Grace

    Inside the timeless soul of an album that embodies beauty, pain, and yearning. It’s difficult to define Jeff Buckley with…

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  • November 6, 2025

    The People Who Make Us Glow

    On the alchemy of presence, warmth, and becoming — how certain parts of us emerge in the right company. I…

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  • October 28, 2025

    The Winona Ryder Archetype: Cinema’s Original “Weird Girl”

    A love letter to the outsider, the rebel, and the intelligent “cool girl” I looked up to. Cinema was always…

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  • October 22, 2025

    Not Just About the ’80s: Revisiting Stranger Things Season 1

    A look at the first season’s haunting blend of memory, loss, and survival. Stranger Things was never about the ’80s…

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  • October 17, 2025

    One Blink for Yes (a short story)

    written by Tayma Saliba Act I — The Dome The city lay beneath a glass dome so vast it felt…

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