Note: As part of one of my classes for grad school, I have to post a series of posts on predetermined topics. This is one of those posts. First of all, I don’t live under a rock. I have heard of MUVE games before, but have never engaged in them. Second Life started just about…
Book Review: Crooked Kingdom
Dang it, Leigh Bardugo and your crazy Grisha world. First of all, you need to know that I adore these books, just as I loved the original Grisha trilogy. Bardugo’s world is high fantasy, high adventure and totally believable. When I first read that there would be a Duology based on the Grisha world but…

My Boots Are Heavy Today
When my friend Elizabeth is having a rough day, or when life just generally feels like it’s too much, she will say her boots feel heavy. It’s a reference from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and it makes total sense. Sometimes life feels like too much – so much, in fact, that just walking through…

When Anxiety Attacks, Part 1
Several years ago, we found a tick on the dog. It was gross and disgusting. Instead of having a normal, rational reaction to said parasite (shuddering, disgust, anger, any number of rational emotions), I remember what I did vividly. I sat in the middle of my living room floor and had a full-blown panic attack….