It usually starts with a flash behind my closed eyelids. At first I’m not sure if it was lightning or a car passing by the house. I wait, and no thunder or tires roll. No, no, no. Not this. More flashes. I wait. I make a mental inventory of where my medications are. How many […]

I’ve neglected this blog for almost 2 years. It’s not for lack of trying — my drafts box is overflowing with abandoned bits of writing. But every time I’ve sat down to write, the product has been too raw. Too mad. Too sad. Not funny enough. Not researched enough. I have endless excuses for why […]

If you roam the uneven sidewalks of Oxford, OH you will quickly notice that each of the houses bear signs that give them names of varying comedy and political correctness. My first off campus house was named the Oxford Yacht Club (OYC) and was home to myself and five other members of the sailing team. […]

Since I haven’t ever lived in a big city before I have spent a lot of my time just trying to get a grasp on how things work. I’ve noticed a few things: You buy a lot fewer groceries when you have to carry them three blocks to the metro, up the second longest escalator […]

During our speaker tour we had the opportunity to visit the Face the Nation studio at ABC. We met Bob Schieffer, but I can’t seem to find that picture, so I guess you’ll all just have to trust me on this one.   We also went to inauguration the first weekend we were here. Some […]

It’s been a little over a month and a half since I moved to DC, but I should probably take you back to the beginning. After packing up four and a half years of college-life and saying goodbye to my roommates at the Worst Eastern, our charming home in sunny Oxford, OH, I headed back […]