“Writing and running are dual pursuits that enable the illusion of control, a way of ordering the world through carefully crafted sentences and mile splits.”
I went in to write my annual “blog-versary” post to commemorate ten years of blogging and it hit me: Not only is this ten years
Recently, I found myself thinking about E.B. White’s classic children’s story, “Charlotte’s Web.” I’d venture to guess that most of us have either read the
When I was in the third grade, my teacher gave us a creative writing assignment. It was the month of December and we had to
Nine years ago this week — on December 21, 2009 — I published my first blog post and Leah’s Thoughts was born. I like to
We are at a critical time in the world when it is more important than ever to seek outside opinions and learn from each other.
I knew I wanted to be a writer and journalist from a young age. In elementary school, I wrote fictional stories. At age 12, I
I’ve always thought of myself as a collector of memories, not necessarily things. The exception is when the things are symbolic of the memory itself.
Have you ever thought about how many stories, songs and themes revolve around the concept of home, and finding your way home? The theme of
