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 Rocky Horror Picture Show
“Don’t dream it, be it.” 🎧 Origins of a Cult Classic I was first introduced to The Rocky Horror Picture Show in late elementary or early middle school—on a school bus, of all places. We were on a field trip, and one of my classmates had a portable… Read More
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🗳️ No Excuses, No Kings
A War Cry for the Hungry and the Honest We are watching billionaires tear this country apart, one donation, one loophole, one manipulative soundbite at a time. They’re buying influence like groceries while families like mine are either clipping coupons or calculating how to stretch what’s left in… Read More
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🎃 Halloween House
The Magic That Stays Behind Some houses just feel enchanted. Not because of ghosts or spells or cursed dolls in the attic (though that would make a killer blog), but because of what lingers long after the owners move out—love, memory, and a touch of theatrics. There’s one… Read More
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Photo Friday: Threads of Morning Light
A perfect spider web spun right outside my house, catching the sunlight just right. Fun fact: spiders rebuild their webs almost every single day—dismantling and recycling the silk to create a fresh one by morning.There’s something poetic about that…quiet persistence woven into every strand. Read More
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Travel Thursday: Salem in My Bones 🦴
Prelude: Chaos Before the Coven At the time, I was living in Traverse City, and we decided to fly out of Grand Rapids for a few reasons: it was closer, it was cheaper, and there just so happened to be an In This Moment concert at 20 Monroe… Read More
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It’s Not My Job to Fix You 🔨
Disclaimer: I know this dynamic can go both ways. There are women who expect men to fix them, too. But as a woman who’s loved two fully grown men who behaved like children, I’m writing this from my side of the story—the one where empathy gets mistaken for… Read More