No sleep till Brooklyn
I moved to New York. How does a native Oregon girl decide to leave the pine trees, Willamette River, and Powell’s to move across the country? I had drea...
Author: justawren
The Body Politic
Saturday I took myself on a Christmas shopping date. I saw the huge tree in Pioneer Square, had coffee and a pastry, and walked all over the city. By the time...
Black-Eyed Dog
(Content warning: mental health, anxiety and depression) I’ve been struggling with what to say here, if anything. I thought that maybe it was too raw to ...
Citizen Arrest
It is the moment before I have to explain why I would not like a cookie, or a beer, or a bagel, but thank you. For any number of reasons my polite refusal has ...
Wild Women Sometimes Get the Blues
[Confessions of a Dirty Girl: Part II] I just completed my longest solo backpacking trip to date, so a lot of people have been asking me how my week in the wood...