Rent was free, so how can it not be? How may I portray this in such a way for those who might envy me? It was a home, yet not like any...

When I see this image of gumballs, I have mixed feelings. Yes, gumballs are an innocent, if not nostalgic, candy which children and...

In my life, I have lived primarily in two homes, each unlike the other. The first was situated on a small plot of land in Mexico. It had...

Ryohei Sawada crashes through the window of a large department store, slamming hard onto the street. The people around him panic and...

Free write: I was folding his clothes when I found it. A receipt. Two glasses of wine. A date I recognized, because that night, I had...

Do you know the saying, “ You don't know what you have until it's gone?” I didn't think I would ever miss the loud music and arguments....

Tik tok tik tok... “It’s almost time.” The city is finally starting to sleep, yet the distinctive sound of cars zooming by leaves a...

“Herman! You stinking mass of smeared dinosaur dung, I need to buy a spatula.”  Herman did, in fact, feel like a steaming mass of...

I was eight years old when my grandmother, the kind soul that she is, took me through the drive-thru that would change my life. I...

Mi Mexico Lindo, I miss you. I barely got to know you, but I was the happiest I had ever been when I was with you. I remember all the...

First of all, how am I supposed to write about change? Not-so-dramatic sigh. I could write a 10-page paper for class about the science...

The Fall season often invokes feelings of change or transformation in people; when nature around us is moving, we cannot help but get...