There is one problem that goes entirely unnoticed in the United States: traffic cones. There are simply too many of them. They crowd streets and block passersby. They fill sidewalks where there isn’t...

I am so close So close to happiness  So close to freedom  So close to being out    I need out  I want out  It’s like I am  drowning  Like a lake I can’t get out...

The sky was green from noon to dawn.  Waking up with a willowy yawn, the little ones started   They departed like frisky strings,  Bellying and yelling their late-night dreams.    Their...

I have seven hundred and thirty-one days. that’s seven hundred and thirty-one sunsets and seven hundred and thirty-one lunches and dinners and breakfasts two more summers two more birthdays   the...

I have felt down lately: mixed up, not myself. I have felt so many things at once that overflow and overwhelm me, and then I have felt nothing. In the midst of the whirlwind of frustration and blank minds,...

I gasped for air, realizing that there were two hands around my neck, clenching, pulsing. They would squeeze so tight sometimes. Sometimes they would squeeze so tightly that I realized there was no open...

On Thursday, September 18, nearly 85% of the Scottish population voted on whether or not Scotland would become an independent country. Just over half the population voted to reject independence, ensuring...