Category: Reflections

Bloomin’ Cactus

March 6, 2025

I came into the kitchen and noticed something strange happening to my cactus plant. A red bulb was sprouting out one of its leaves, and in the coming days more popped up. I was gifted this cactus over a year ago and in all that time, I had no idea it was capable of blooming. … More Bloomin’ Cactus

I got assaulted

August 9, 2024

I just got assaulted. Or I guess you could say I lost a fight badly. I think if you lose a fight badly enough you can just say “I got assaulted”. It started outside the Planet Fitness on Winter Street. A woman leaving work says excuse me after stepping out of the way of a … More I got assaulted

Fig-uring Things Out

February 17, 2024

Imagine yourself perched in a fig tree. Around you are branches with fruits on the ends representing different paths of your life. In one you’re a world-class painter, another a journalist. You could be anything from a high school teacher to a lead scientist at a biotech company, but going for one fig means you lose the rest … More Fig-uring Things Out

Lake Umbagog

October 3, 2023

I spent the weekend with Conor, Claire, and Allison taking a road trip to the land of the Subaru: New Hampshire. Our destination, which I argue IS as important as the journey, was Lake Umbagog National Park where we planned to camp overnight. Since check-in ended at sundown, the car ride out became a four-hour … More Lake Umbagog

Buildings and Breakups

July 19, 2023

Hidden among packed city streets are the traces of structures no longer standing. Where sudden gaps appear between densely packed buildings, brick walls are exposed with the outline of a roof or chimney embedded like an abstract mural. These are ghost buildings – the consequence of limited space forcing two buildings to share the same … More Buildings and Breakups