We always pick-up barbecue from Super Smokers on the way home from the farm. Following the protocol of our “no-touch” reality, my dad popped open the trunk of his car and returned to the driver’s seat. A Super Smokers employee then placed the bags in the back of our vehicle, and we hit the highway. […]
My aching legs went on autopilot as I sprinted down Division Street at 1:30 A.M. In any normal situation, the enormous knot in the side of my stomach would have been an indicator that I needed to stop running. As I continued to tear down the street, I noticed a small group of students who […]
The morning was a real cold one. 34 degrees. It was one of those seven A.M. practices where the water was warmer than the air, and there was a strong fog on the water. This was it. Our “on your own” or OYO practices were coming to an end Monday afternoon and organized team pod practices would commence. I had […]
Can you teach me how to do that?” Madison asks Ed, watching a video on my phone of him spinning fire at a party the night before. He’s been a fire-spinner for seven years now and there is no shortage of people who think it’s so damn cool. I smile through a bite of cookie […]
I look over to the time on the bottom right hand corner on my laptop screen: it’s 1:00 am Friday morning. Danny and I are on our usual weekly Zoom call, racing to finish our fluid mechanics and physiology problem sets. I groggily look up from my laptop to my much bigger second monitor to […]
Everyone ready?” My roommate, Shae, asks before we make the twenty-minute trek from our apartment to Haymakers for an early dinner. It’s the event I’ve been looking forward to all week, I finally get to try the Haymakers one-and-a-half-pound soft pretzel. It was only a week ago that I learned it existed, but given that […]
Mom I’m leaving,” I say in a voice just a couple levels above my normal register. I pull the door open as quietly as I can, but my caution is foiled by my chonky cat hurdling herself from the living room toward the door in an attempt to escape. Somehow, her little paws sound like […]
Georgia DeFoyer does not have a picture yet. She died last night. I’m writing her obituary right now. I know where she was born, the date she was married, her occupation, her parents’ names, but I do not know what she looks like, or frankly, who she is. My dad is meeting with her family […]
Last week, when I called my Nana for our weekly chat, she asked if I had plans for Rosh Hashanah this year. I responded, “No, not yet, but I will definitely watch services online.” Although I do not consider myself super religious, I really do love services, especially on the High Holy Days. On these […]
“If I were you guys, I would just live life normally. I mean, you’re college students! You should be doing what you want.” My aunt sat on my couch, speaking animatedly to her son and me, waving her arms around to punctuate her statement. I glance at my mom, looking for a sign on how […]