Welcome to the Inner Circle
This is where the veil lifts.
Here you’ll find personal reflections, behind-the-scenes chaos, and deep dives into the writing life—grief, growth, creativity, and all the messy magic in between. Some posts are heavy, some are silly, and some are just me figuring things out in real time.
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💚 Movie Monday: Review of The Grinch (2000)
“Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more.” 🎄 The Gospel of the Outcast No one does isolation like the Grinch. He’s the patron saint of the emotionally exhausted—the one who finally had enough of performative cheer and climbed a mountain to get some damn peace. Honestly? Relatable. Ron Howard’s… Read More
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The Cost of “Life”: Why I’m Pro-Choice ✊
I am pro-choice because I am pro-life. I believe in protecting the living—mothers, children, and families—not just the idea of life. If your stance on “life” ends the moment a baby takes its first breath, you’re not pro-life. You’re pro-birth. You’re pro-control. The Choice That Isn’t Yours to… Read More
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🩺 Lucia: The Doctor Who Refused to Stop Healing
The Matriarch Who Defied the Law to Protect Women If rebellion runs in my blood, Lucia is where it started. Born in Italy on December 13, 1872, she grew up in a country where women’s education was rare but not impossible. In fact, Italy was one of the… Read More
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Friday in The Witch’s Kitchen: Unstuffed Pepper Bowl (Instant Pot)🫑
Introduction I’ve made stuffed peppers before and, listen… they’re a whole production. A cute idea in theory, but in practice? A pain in the ass. So I decided to try unstuffed peppers the way my mom does. Except the second she tasted mine, she immediately asked if I… Read More
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Photo Friday: When in Versailles, Look Up
Palace of Versailles (2019) — where the halls were shoulder-to-shoulder, everyone had a selfie stick, and my patience was hanging by a thread dipped in gold leaf. So I did the only sane thing: I looked up. And somehow captured the one moment, in the entire palace, where… Read More