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To the Honorable Senators from Texas
To the Honorable Senator Cruz, My name is Mary Margaret Healy and I live in [Redacted], Texas. I work for a local municipal court as a clerk, and I am writing to you as a citizen who has perhaps more than the average concern for the continued legitimacy of the judicial process and judicial systems in the United States. Today I write to you to demand as your constituent that you refuse to vote if the Senate holds confirmation hearings for an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. I did not vote for you in the last election, Senator Cruz, but I was not overly troubled when you…
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SUM(July2013:July2020)
When I got lonely, I would express that feeling by writing about geography, current events, and my personal life, outlining the ways those forces contributed to that loneliness.
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Juneteenth
You’ll likely lose any love you ever had for this beast of a man, and with it will go any unconditional respect you have for the establishment of America as a country.
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Poetry of Emoji
Now that so much of my social interaction is happening on emoji’s home turf, I’ve started to branch out in the way I use them.
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The Aloy Paradox
Humanity: the once and future success story.
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
Will the sting of the adhesive ripping against our tender skin be an experience we can learn and grow from?
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Vantablack
The visual cortex begins to interpret images and even change them before it even processes fully what they are, meaning that we often see things that aren’t actually there.
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The Lost Nerds of the 1980s
Mana, spell slots, pocket monsters, and midnight showings are all these worlds ever need.
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Do Not Look Directly at the Dog Park
There was once a purebred golden retriever who visibly loved everyone and snuggled up to strangers: she was so beautiful I was scared to touch her for fear I’d leave an unsightly smudge.
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Pokemon, Ranked
What culture doesn’t have a myth of a turtle who keeps the world, or at least a small forest, on its back.
