February 2012
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Asian odyssey
Applying for my India and Vietnam visas (also going to Nepal, Thailand, and Laos), I’m so excited about this trip I could burst into tears of joy. A dream come true. So many have said, “You can’t, you shouldn’t”, but I’m tenacious and I’m passionate, and no one can tame my free spirited and wild heart. I’m hoping to make a little book, to print and...
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Had an accident in which I stabbed a pair of scissors through a finger in a brazen attempt to hack through the ridiculous amounts of packing tape attached to the parcel I had received this afternoon. I’d blame the poor was-carried-away-with-the-packing-tape soul who sent it, and yet, upon further thought I remembered that when I was twelve and galloping up the staircase (as I do … no...
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Anonymous asked: "naturally, we are all caught in down moods, it's a matter of chemical imbalance and an existence which, at times, seems to forbid any real chance at happiness." --Charles Bukowski. What do you think about this quote?
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Magazine publication + interview to come →
You can find some of my writing featured in the debut issue of Lone Wolf Magazine. I was interviewed, as well, however the interview has been pushed to the second issue, due to space constraints.
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foreverlolita-deactivated201202 asked: I follow you on goodreads and you have beautiful taste in literature. You've turned me on to a few books. So thank you. xx
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stellamccartneyknickers asked: i really like to variety of things you post, lovely!
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❤ Unconventional Valentine's Day ❤
So, this Valentine’s day, I gave a kid in India an education for a year to celebrate, because I believe Valentine’s day doesn’t have to be romantic, or a box of chocolates, a card, or a bouquet of flowers, and I happen to be of those stubbornly unconventional folks. If you have no romantic entanglements this holiday, please don’t be blue, omit the social expectations, and...
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I’m sick of men who say to me, “It’s not safe for a girl to travel by herself.” Listen, you don’t know the first thing about traveling as a girl by herself, because your gender is not female, and you can hear secondhand stories, and you can read statistics, but you can never be in the mind and body of the female traveler in a foreign land and culture. You think I...
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“It’s like you live on Mars.”
– my father
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Tea, chocolates, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and delta blues, on a Saturday.
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Anonymous asked: you wear a crown of flowers. i kneel before you and .... name a sandwich after you.