11..., Lifestyle

11… Moments of New Self-Awareness After Getting Engaged

If you're wanting an engagement story, this is about as close to it as you're going to get not directly from my mouth to your ears until I write the fairytale novel that seems to be my life now. What a love story this is. I can't believe I'm lucky enough to be living it with the most extraordinary woman I've ever met.

In My Own Words, Lifestyle

Sappho to Shakespeare to Sparks; We Write of Love

Oh good lord, do I want to be one of the great writers to really get it right. I probably won't be. The fact you, dear readers, know my name is quite baffling to begin with. I don't write for you. I write for me, but I also don't necessarily want to be lost in the ever gnashing maw of time. What a balance I'm striving for.

11..., Experiences, Lifestyle, Travel

11[ish]… Pictures I Love from Melbourne and the Sapphire Coast

On my second Australian trip this year, the goal was to enjoy getting to BE with my girlfriend but also fall in love with Melbourne. The easiest way for a place to etch itself on my heart, I need to see it as art. So I spend time behind my camera, capturing things I find beautiful.

In My Own Words, Lifestyle

Anxiety Is A Fickle Bitch

Sometimes, I write things that I think come close to explaining how I feel without being too much or too little and hits the right balance of darkly realistic and funny. Sometimes, I write things that make me think, hmmm... maybe I'll be good at this one day. Anxiety says, "Simmer down, god complex."