Intriguing, macabre, haunting, warped, and funny binge-worthy ‘death’ TV — Do you find yourself fascinated by the possibilities of what happens after death? Many of us do. We can let our imaginations run wild, but the truth is none of us know for sure until we’re actually dead. The following series produced captivating tales about death. There are way more…

Of public pools and adolescence — Maybe sometimes I went swimming with a friend, but I most remember going alone — the delicious solace of being alone in a group of strangers. I am an only child and often went solo to the pool. In 1990, when I was twelve years old, my mom dropped me…

With all the fixin’s — I am not a plain sandwich. Do not call me Peanut Butter and Jelly on White Bread. Nope. I’m a Saucy, Multi-Layered Sandwich With a Side of Sweet Potato Fries and Special Sauce kind of gal. Don’t Niche with this B*itch! Viral writers often instruct, “Niche down! Or else…You won’t…

Sweating summer revelations — August/September 2023 In the deep, blustery pit of winter and ice cream headaches brought on by the season’s vicious and biting wind, we dream of warmer days ahead. As the sun’s heat pulses against my neck and I shield my eyes from the blazingest star, I recall my Pinterest board curated with…

Memoirs have been begging to leave my bones for decades. In the summer of 2021, after conversations with my loved ones, after I’d let the oldest memories begin to simmer and stew and bubble up, I began reading memoir again. …

This summer commemorates the 35th anniversary of the movie Big — What if when you were 12 you made a wish to be all grown up and it actually happened? That’s the premise of the hilarious 1988 film Big directed by Penny Marshall and starring Tom Hanks acting as a 12 year old in a 30 year old man’s body. If…

On time travel books and stories + nature love — Greetings Creativity Fiends, Thank you for allowing me to grow and explore how I’ll utilize Substack with you — you are the reason I’m here. Artists and creatives often feel weird, different, outcasts. Most of us eventually embrace our otherness as a positive trait. I’d say a lot of us…

A Commentary On Modern Times — dripping sweat, mascara-stained faces under axed ghost limbs protestors melting in sweltering Cali sun. The laborers denied water breaks. The sun high and the heat mailbox-bread-baking-in-under-an-hour hot. summer in Texas hot. Sizzle drop splat an egg on the sidewalk AI please stand up; will the real AI please stand up? …

A blurred reality in fiction — The Rich and The Lowers were beginning to wonder if they were real. Real meant biological to them. There was no way to be sure. The windstorms became more frequent, ripping swaths of neighborhoods to pieces, shredding mature trees, and creating chaos with downed cell towers and stoplights no longer…