Jinked

Today marked the start of my new life. The alarm on my phone went off at 6:30; I still had it programmed for when I got up for work. I shut it off and went back to sleep, finally waking up at about 7:30. Not bad, but a half hour later than I would have liked. I showered, dressed and  made waffles for breakfast, something [...]

I’ve lived in Valparaiso for almost 4 years, and today was the day I finally got my library card. I’ll be honest, I haven’t used a library since I was in college and that was five years ago. Just walking into one today, seeing all the shelves with books baring the mark of the Dewey decimal system on their spines, it was like coming home. [...]

Rahsaan bought me a book today: Stephen King’s On Writing, a book that my mother had tried to get me to read many, many years ago. For some reason I never got around to it. Too busy. Always too busy. I think it was just an excuse. Now with this new chapter of my life staring at me with its blank pages open, I think [...]