Category: Newsletter

  • Cycling Through Trees

    A rainy bicycle ride in a forest full of trees turns into thoughts that lead me to my love. Pedal Forward I am riding my bike fast through a forest. There are coast redwood trees high above me. Each second the trees past me as I pedal forward. I do not look back because this…

  • Question My Youth As A Youth

    Walking down a dark road alone with my skateboard in my left hand and my heart on my sleeves. It’s 10:30 pm, I am sixteen and it’s a Sunday night. I like going out and skating at night because I feel so vulnerable and sometimes scared. I live in suburbia mixed with country backroads and…

  • Do The Buildings We See Daily Affect Our Lives In Any Way

    I saw a church in Savannah and it made me question how our society is building structures. Why are our souls disconnected from buildings in our modern world? How do old buildings make you feel? Old buildings make me feel that there is hope in the world, and in existing. It gives me feelings of…

  • It’s Easy To Have Friends, But It’s Hard To Keep Them

    I am a curious person searching for truth within conversations because the truth is hidden in words, but it tends to leave me with not many friends. I tend to talk with confidence and look people in the eyes when they are speaking to me. I am 100 percent focused on what people have to…

  • What Is The Present Without You?

    Without these moments of human interaction, what do we truly have? You are important to this world. Image Created in Canva AI by Author “Whispering ghost softly speaking to my heart” I jot this sentence down quickly in my small pocket journal. I read it three times in a row, trying to understand the meaning…

  • When I Look Into Someone’s Eyes I Can See Their Soul. It’s A Scary, Amazing Concept: The Soul.

    Standing in a crowd, emotions overwhelm me, we all are lost in our own kind of way. So many people hate themselves, and I ask why. You are a beautiful piece of art, one of a kind, don’t feel left behind, because there is no finish line. Music is blasting and people are singing lyrics…

  • When do you give up on a friend?

    Do you end a long friendship with someone because they are negative, and say negative things about you and your life for no reason, no matter how nice and understanding you are to them? Does the past hold any value to the present? I am at a crossroads on a particular concept of friendship. If…

  • Modern American City Planning Has Now Trapped Us In Our Homes, Cars, And Workplaces

    Is social media our 3rd place? Is There Anywhere Else To Go? After going to the trails, parks, and nature, where else do we go? What are the other options? The mall, shopping plazas, or more outdoor activities? I enjoy doing all these things with my family, but what I enjoy the most is meeting,…

  • A Loveless Society Is A Hopeless One

    Sitting among the trees contemplating life’s secrets and suddenly I hear screams from the distance. “As the drops of water fall onto the leaves, it makes me feel lonely,” I write these words down in my brown leather journal. I am sitting under a gazebo on the trails alone, and the rain is coming down…

  • Finding Contentment in an Old Wooden Tea Shop

    Describing the quiet moments of contemplating complex questions inside our heads As I walk alone on this sidewalk, I’m filled with contradicting thoughts about my life. On my left side is a fence guarding a park with tall trees, while on my right, an empty street stretches out, lined with small, old homes and shops.…