Simple Pleasures

Simple Pleasures

Scene One:    Lights up on a sleepy kitchen. The light is warm, its golden rays scattered across the colorful glass china. The china, glazed with vivid hues of emerald green, topaz yellow, and ruby red, glistens softly in the floating sunlight. Through the open...
Aunt Jay

Aunt Jay

If starlight was human, it’d walk through the fray, and stand there quite clearly, as my own aunt jay.   Most generous minded, and sweeter than May, her laugh like a bluebell, I loved my aunt jay.   In moments of quiet, by my side she’d stay, a...
For Infinity

For Infinity

Author’s Note: This is a true story! Infinity Monkey continues to be an invaluable member of Ollie’s Monkey Kingdom (as he calls it).  Here he is with Birthday Monkey and Red Monkey, his closest friends. As I will be leaving for college in just under a...
The Dandelion Effect

The Dandelion Effect

Author’s Note:  I wrote this piece in the middle of a very busy and stressful time in my life—senior fall. In the midst of college applications and midterm grades, I found myself constantly worrying about my place among my peers, wondering if I truly fit in...
The Manor

The Manor

Author’s Note: This is an excerpt from a play written alongside two other student writers. It is meant to be comedy, a last “hurrah!” if you will, of high school theatre. As I was tasked with writing the third portion, or the ending bit, this snippet...