“I miss you, you know,” I inform Anne. I’m sprawled across the end of my bed, arms folded behind my head. Anne is sitting back against the headboard, absentmindedly arranging my small horde of stuffed animals. As hard as I try not to let a waver slip into my voice, it hitches slightly. My sister has no idea how much these words gut me. “It’s just so far…” Anne snorts, lobbing her stuffed dog Benji at me. “Please.” I only manage to catch Benji before he hits my head. “Please what?” I toss him back at her and roll over...
In sophomore year, students will read Beowulf, a tale about an old Scandinavian warrior who faces many mythological creatures, such as demons and dragons. It was originally an oral story, passed down through generations of Anglo-Saxons for centuries, until the Englishmen were able to write the full story down in 12th-century English. Since the Anglo-Saxons were Christian, a lot of the religious explanations that are mentioned are told in a Christian way. However, the Scandinavian tribes were polytheistic, meaning that they believed in multiple...
In the Colorado skies There is the bluest bird with the blackest eyes Who fascinates a stranger Who just shared with me he lost his wife Five days ago, he softly said “Fifty years of loving her And as she held my hand and said goodbye She said ‘don’t give up, I’ll send you signs.’” - “A Love Story,” Sara Bareilles I sit, spine rigid, in a hair salon chair and try not to sing under my breath as the stylist pins my hair into an updo. I’ve had Sara Bareilles’s new album stuck in my head ever...
