Feel free to criticize anything and everything about the following poem. I'd love to know if this is complete tripe or sheer genius or unappetizing mediocrity! :) ~ CK
PS Before anyone asks, no, this post was not written to or about any one particular person - it's more of a conglomerative… Read full post »

...I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so that I never have to live without you." ~ Winnie-the-Pooh

I've been blessed, of course, to have several women in my life whom I admire and look up to, love and cherish. They're undergoing this slow and sometimes bewildering metamorphosis&… Read full post »

Summertime never makes me think of lemonade or the outdoors, picnics, the pool, or apple pie. I don't share the stereotypical American nostalgia setup, mostly because I don't live in a typical American family.

 To me, summertime means Adventure. My mom always had us going on Adventures whe… Read full post »

I'm really excited. Tomorrow I leave for a four-day cruise with my best friend from freshman year! We're headed down to somewhere exotic like Key West (it was going to be Cozumel but the swine flu kinda submerged that spark.) Since I haven't seen her since this time last year (we… Read full post »

Go with me, in your mind, to a ballet studio. (In case you've never seen one, it's a long, rectangular room with gray padding, called marley, duct-taped over a shiny wooden floor. One wall is lined with mirrors, and at the end opposite the door there's a little alcove with extra freestandin… Read full post »

This is birthday season. Today is my amazing sister Jocelyn's 23rd birthday, and I hope she and her new husband celebrate it in some special way, besides the obvious ;) My 20th birthday is coming up on Tuesday, and my roommate MaryKathryn's 19th birthday happens April 13th.

Birthdays are everywhere,… Read full post »

Having suffered many romantic (albeit juvenilely so) disappointments at the hands of men, and having some time to kill, I've decided to jot down some wisdom that I have accrued from these many disappointments. I realize that these reflections are nowhere near as profound as, say, reflections on the s… Read full post »

I'm enrolled in English 102 this semester, as there is no test that would allow me to clep out of it. This feels like a monumental injustice considering that I have been taking AP English and writing classes since 7th grade. But if nothing else, it's an easy A, and it's an online cours… Read full post »

Hey guys. I'm back! In the time since my last post, my older sister has gotten married, my younger sister has turned seventeen (actually, her birthday is today!) and I have returned to the beautiful campus of my Highly Venerable University.

Classes so far are shaping up nicely. My pro… Read full post »

First: I am heartily, sincerely, most apologetically apologetic to anyone who sent me comments and such that I have not replied to yet. I have been delightfully lazy, as befits a college student on holiday, and am going to write this post and then reply thoughtfully and with gratitude to al… Read full post »

My house is a veritable "beehive" (it's funny if you know me) of activity around the holidays. From Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day, we are constantly reveling in the holiday that is in residence and/or preparing for those upcoming. Every day at my house is a party day, although we don't have… Read full post »

Here I am!

Some have said I’m beautiful, others disagree. I’m not sure. I rarely feel beautiful...or ugly, for that matter. I simply am what I am...I rarely stop to think about what exactly that might be on a scale of 1-10.

However, everyone says, whether they think I'm beautif… Read full post »

First, a few notes on my perspective. I'm a girly-girl. I love shiny objects, high-heeled shoes, fluffy dresses and sappy love songs. I revel in spending hours getting ready to go out, changing my handbag to match my shoes and owning far too many haircare products. Legally Blonde changed my life,… Read full post »

You cannot turn on the TV or open a newspaper or even walk down the street without being hit with some new fearmongering about the economy. And I'm so tired of it. It's awful. Particuarly, I'm done with the whole bailout debate. This is not a good plan.  

Don't me wrong… Read full post »

I know I've posted twice already today. But I don't care. This post is about mothers, who are the most amazing beings on the planet.

The truth is, mothers are magic. They are endowed with the divine ability to take ordinary things and turn them into something fantastic, wonderful, extraordinary,… Read full post »

I've been reading responses to the open call about love stories and I have to admit some of them are pretty amazing. It's refreshing to be reminded that there are indeed good men out there. That love can be found even following disasters and false starts. That romance didn't die with… Read full post »

This is the first blog I've written on an open forum, rather than using it as an online journal sort of thing. I'm indebted to Madame Beloved for getting me interested in Open Salon =] and I'm curious to see what develops. So if you like what you read, or even… Read full post »