You Can Call It a Love Story
“It’s never a good time for a giant space lizard to attack.” That’s Embry’s clever response. And he is quite right; there’s never a good time for a giant space […]
150 Days
Today marks 150 days since the last time I felt external physical touch of any kind. It’s an incredibly strange sensation to describe, and I’m sure there are millions out […]
A Diatribe: Fact vs. Opinion
These are some facts and some opinions, on a variety of topics that are at the forefront of most of our conversations, which I feel like defining as either fact or opinion. Some will argue fact and opinion are not mutually exclusive. And I won’t deny those arguments or the valid points made on both sides. But I’m still going to go ahead and define these points as either “fact” or “opinion.” I welcome discussion, I enjoy an open debate, I’ll even accept discourse, but I draw the line at disrespect, in case you disagree. I also ask you to read to the end if you choose to discuss, debate or disagree (respectfully).
A Letter to NYC City Council – June 12, 2020
Hello, My name is Danny Ward and I am a resident of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I am writing to urge you to vote to reallocate major portions of the NYPD […]
I Vow to Stand
I am white. I am male. I am American. And I have been, up to this point, silently racist in my attempt at support for people of color. It’s awkward […]
Out of Time
So I finally said, “Well, I’ve had a quite enough of this.” And, boy had I. But they were not expecting that response. “What did you just say?” They continued […]
The Paper Boy
“They called me a magnate tonight,” he said, as he ducked his narrow, hatted head below the bannister, searching for Meredith in the dusty attic. “What?” “A magnate. They called […]
The Shift
I was sixteen when I felt the world shift for the first time. They all say I’m crazy but I know what I felt. I know what happened… or at […]
Ten Times a Failure
There’s a certain amount of failure that we, as adults, become accustomed to. It’s part of becoming an adult. We fail in love, we fail in school, we fail in […]
Evelyn’s Brooch
The porcelain brooch was first purchased by Evelyn DeMuere, who was widely known to have had odd and horrible taste, in 1893, at a small shop called Mollycoddle, at the […]
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