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Opinion, Salt Lake City, The Great Salt Lake, Unusual Places / 02.05.2023

Music to accompany your reading: Countdown to Midnight Playlist  I’m here again. I’m writing and trying to get my words out for my blog. I notice my thoughts don’t flow as easily as they did before. I wonder if my sentences will hold meaning and resonate with my readers the way they used to. Will anyone take the time to care about what I’m writing? Sharing internet space with so many opinions is exhausting to keep pace with and since the pandemic I’ve felt it very frivolous to write...

Biography, Inspiration, Instagram, Opinion, Trends / 27.11.2018

“Time tends to collapse on the internet. There are no seasons, only epochs of memes.” - New York magazine   Days turned into weeks, then months, and now it’s almost been a year since my last blog post. I've tumbled down the Instagram rabbit hole and I'm disorientated.  In August 2016, Instagram cloned Snapchat's best product, stories. I remember when Instagram stories came out and I thought I would never waste my time uploading my life in 15 second increments. But now I find myself a hypocrite as I shamelessly stage...

Opinion / 05.04.2017

“I cried because I don’t even know what it feels like to be taken seriously — not fully, not in that whole, unequivocal, confident way that’s native to handshakes between men.” ~ Lindy West Bring Back Normal: A Political Post Note:  I don’t consider myself a political writer but this is a political post. I know little about politics compared to some. I don’t have the latest raw data on the economy, stock market, and unemployment rates. But really, this post isn’t about tangential governments facts and figures, but rather...