We all want it, claim to have it, yet deny it the moment it is in our hands. Independence somehow seems far less appealing once you realize what it truly entails. Being out in the real world is much more unforgiving than is to be expected. People honestly don’t care if you go the extra […]
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The performing arts center is too small to hold the entire festival and the spillover is cupped in a stone cathedral. The poets stand in the pulpit and the audience sits in the pews, listening to voices echo off of stained glass windows and high wooden rafters. As I gaze into the tranquil face of […]
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In a general sense, everyone loves mail, don’t they? Maybe we don’t care for the sight of student loan due dates piling up on our computer desk or the sight of yet another credit card approval when we haven’t even applied for one in the first place. Still, nothing compares to the feeling of opening a […]
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Let’s be honest here — I am not the girl men fall in love with. I am the girl that men want to fuck. I am a conquest. A prize. A show. I could count on five hundred fingers the number of people that have professed, “I like you. You’re different. You’re an interesting girl.” […]
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Tonya Follis’ lovely, whimsical paintings bring delight to any day. See more of her work here.
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