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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Photo Friday: A Tiny Traveler in France
Somewhere in France (2019)— found this little snail minding its business on a random surface like it was posing for a magazine cover. There’s something I love about tiny surprises like this when you travel. You’re looking for castles and coastline and instead you end up having a… Read More
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Travel Thursday: Tulips, Heat Stroke, and a Goat in Labor — Holland, Michigan 🌷
There are some Michigan towns that feel like they exist in their own little pocket dimension, and Holland is definitely one of them. Between the tulips, the Dutch architecture, the windmills, the wooden shoes, and the aggressively cheerful amount of floral landscaping, it almost feels like someone dropped… Read More
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Three Is a Pattern: The Three Cs That Decide If Love Survives
Communication. Consistency. Compatibility. Human beings have always tried to make sense of love through patterns. We search for signs everywhere. In timing. In coincidences. In song lyrics that suddenly feel too specific to be accidental. We reread text messages like they contain hidden meanings between the lines. We… Read More
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Music Monday: The Sound of Destiny
How Star Wars Scored a Galaxy Into Memory There are films you remember. Then there are films you hear before you even see them. Say it with me—those first few notes. Your brain already queued it up. That’s not luck. That’s design. The music of Star Wars is… Read More
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Movie Monday: Review of the Star Wars Original Trilogy
When Hope Survives Even the Darkest Timeline Some movies tell a story. Some create a world. The Star Wars original trilogy—Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi—does something… Read More