Dear Universe, I’ve been thinking a lot about time lately. At the start of the semester I felt time was moving so slowly. Lately though, I feel like time is flying by. I find myself asking where the minutes are going. Hours whiz by, then day turns into night in a virtual blink, and suddenly dawn is breaking yet again. …
Hallow’s Eve
Dear Universe, Ahh, October 31st. Halloween. The time for costumes, candy and horror movies. The time for ghosts, ghouls and goblins. Or the time for superstitions, rituals and fortune telling. Yes. That’s right. It’s probably not surprising that some people believe Halloween is the best night to perform particular rituals and that it’s the best time to foretell future events …
Boston Book Festival
Dear Universe, For the past three years it’s been a tradition that my brother and I head up to the Boston Book Festival. Each year we check out the free events, grab lunch, bump into friends and usually end up with some new books—and if we’re lucky we sometimes meet the author’s face to face. Those moments are always memorable. …
Express Yourself
Dear Universe, I talk… a lot. I’m a chatter, a gabber, a socializer, a silence breaker… So when I got an email from my friend with the link to an article, “40 Things to Say Before You Die,” with her subject heading, “absolutely the best thing I’ve read, ever,” I had to read on. What were these 40 things and …
Still Keeping Calm
Dear Universe, I thought of London this week, as I often do, but this was different. How could I not reminisce about London when this poster kept greeting me every corner I turned at work? “Keep Calm and Flaunt It.” Certainly, the sexiest Keep Calmism I’ve seen yet. But it didn’t just stop there. I headed to class (at a …
Dream a Little Dream
“Dreams are illustrations… from the book your soul is writing about you.” ~Marsha Norman Dear Universe, I take dreams seriously. Whether the dream is short, long, confusing or clear, I believe each dream means something. It’s probably because I dream a lot. I’m talking about vivid, action packed, dialogue driven dreams. And it’s probably because most mornings I wake up …
Take a Timeout
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Universe, For a while …
It Moves You
Dear Universe, For the past couple of weeks I keep seeing the same billboard off the highway as I crawl through traffic. It’s for a car—don’t ask me which one—and the slogan reads, “It moves you.” I’m always struck by the line. Every time I read it I wonder: what is it that really moves me? Not in the physical …