Hello! I’ve been blowing the dust off a lot of my virtual spaces lately it seems. Oh how I’ve missed my Seasonal Reads posts! I started last Summer’s reading roundup post and I ended up not seeing it through to the end. And then, when I left my part-time daycare job at the end of … Continue reading My Year in Books // Summer 2025 to Spring 2026
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The Latelies {2026} // June Edition
Vol.2, Issue 1 // Mostly everything we’ve read, watched, played, and listened to these two months It's a beautiful summer day as I write this. It's the middle of June and it's 63 degress at 10:30 in the morning. I have the day off from daycare today so Ant and I can celebrate his birthday … Continue reading The Latelies {2026} // June Edition
The Latelies {2025} // July and August Edition
Vol.1, Issue 6 // Mostly everything we’ve read, watched, played, and listened to these two months Summer is ending! What in the world is going on? At the end of May, Summer always seems to stretch before me with so many potential adventures waiting, and now here we are as it winds down. Technically, there’s … Continue reading The Latelies {2025} // July and August Edition
Squids and Sweaters and Gifts, Oh My!
A Christmas in July--er, August story! Lily was so nervous. She looked in the mirror to see how her Christmas shirt had come together, but the present sitting on her bed, the floofed green tissue paper standing at attention caught her eye instead. That was what she was nervous about. But not her sweater. Well, … Continue reading Squids and Sweaters and Gifts, Oh My!
The Latelies {2025} // May Edition
Vol.1, Issue 4 // A monthly recap of everything we’ve read, watched, played, and listened to And just like that May is over! As is June! *facepalm* I worked really hard to get this out before our road trip waaaayyy back at the beginning of June, but this kept getting put on the backburner. The … Continue reading The Latelies {2025} // May Edition
Dear Ethel
My second story with Havok! I write these blog posts for myself because I want to remember the journey leading up to the day of publication. I want to remember how hard and joyous and hard-fought it was to even submit it. Publishing it is the cherry on top. And I write them for creative … Continue reading Dear Ethel
“Along for the Ride”
#FlashFictionFriends inspired by Sarah Dessen titles I gasped when I saw the prompts of #flashfictionfriends for June. Sarah Dessen and her stories have my heart forever and ever. The novel Along for the Ride is about Auden visiting her dad and stepmom and baby sister for the summer in a small beach town in North … Continue reading “Along for the Ride”
The Latelies {2025} // April Edition
Vol.1, Issue 3 // A monthly recap of everything we’ve read, watched, played, and listened to Woohoo April! From seeing Drew and Ellie Holcomb live in Napa (!!!) to Sawyer’s first tball game to dogwalking and babysitting and a park date with cousins during Spring Break to revisions for my flash fiction story and the … Continue reading The Latelies {2025} // April Edition
The Latelies {2025} // January Edition
Vol. 1, Issue 1 - A monthly recap of everything we’ve read, watched, played, and listened to Ant watching Anime. Alphonse on the back of the papasan - not a normal "seat" for him haha Greetings readers! The Latelies have been included in my email newsletter, Postcards, over on Substack for about a year now. … Continue reading The Latelies {2025} // January Edition
When Tessa Met Austin
Flash Fiction Magic: In Love is here! When Tessa met Austin it was not love at first sight. Two weeks in and she’d finally been scheduled the dinner rush (groan) and placed on the fry baskets (double groan). The intake of orders had slowed for like a second when this tall, unknown co-worker wearing a … Continue reading When Tessa Met Austin
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