October 26, 2025 It’s well into the autumn season in the Midwest and while it’s historically brisk by this time of year, it’s still hotter than hell.  This indicates a number of issues, climate change being one that seems to top most socially conscious people’s lists.  One that arbitrarily ranks much further down the list…

October 19, 2025 Have you ever dropped a a bowl of pasta sauce on the kitchen floor, cursing outloud “of course that fucking happened!”.  Sure, we proceed to complain about the mess that it made or that we’re complete idiots or that somebody distracted us, but deep down isn’t it always just because that’s the…

October 5, 2025 What does it mean to live a life of purpose?  For those who are fortunate enough to be confronted with this question, the answer could differ greatly from person to person.  It feels like we were supposed to address it while sitting down with our high school guidance counselor to figure out…

September 21, 2025 Happiness, like being in love, can be difficult to define– if someone were to ask us to describe it, we would sound ridiculous, fumbling our way through one whimsical cliché after another: “it’s magical, it’s like my soul is getting a hug, it’s electric, it’s….well, it’s an indescribable feeling and it’s just…

September 7, 2025 “Hand it over” is such a haunting phrase, isn’t it?  Without any context, these three words can evoke a complicated storm of emotional unease and distress.  While the actual words themselves imply that we are in possession of something we’re not supposed to have, the domineering tone seems to be innately responsible…