“What should my name be?”I asked myself this on a sunny, steamy June afternoon, just over a year ago.As I scrolled through the required information to make a new Instagram account, I was stumped at what to call my soon-to-be food blog.Then it came to me: runningonpeanuts.As a runner who loves any kind of nut […]
Date: August 16th, 2021
Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill. Each name promotes a different sentiment within us. At the sound of Hitler and Stalin, chills might erupt over your body as you picture thousands of decayed corpses, barely discernable under a grimy coat of blood, all there for a man’s fear and greed. Churchill produces an altogether […]
Date: August 15th, 2021
My house has been taken over by boxes. I’ve held it off for as long as possible, but now its time; I step into my room, knowing after today it will never be mine again. My old wood desk cluttered with a myriad of books, mugs, craypas, and countless sticky notes of reminders and to-do […]
Date: August 15th, 2021
When a child is born, parents take care of him and raise him. He grows up with a lot of love and care. After that he goes to school. That’s where a teacher holds a hand of him. He learns to get ready to face the real world now. A teacher is not the one […]
Date: August 13th, 2021
“London! That’s the capital of England.” The next question was “What’s the capital of Italy?” These are the questions my dad asked on an hour long drive to New Jersey when I was eight. Our trivial games were a common pursuit. Instead of having useless banter, my dad helped me amass a myriad of facts, […]
Date: August 12th, 2021
I could begin this speech about family by using the overused phrase “Home is where the heart is.”However, this is not a speech about family, or even where my “home” happens to lie.This is a speech about family, friends, home, and the intermingling of each.I believe that one is at home when they are with […]
Date: August 12th, 2021
Her Banana Republic sweater sets, her penny loafers, long, blond hair, flawless body, her picture-perfect townhouse. Many people strive to be perfect, but she actually accomplished it. Hosting dinner parties, chaperoning field trips – she was an urban soccer mom, the perfect wife. She had everybody fooled. My parents separated when I was 10. My […]
Date: August 12th, 2021
I am here to start the revolution of teenage artists, journalists, photojournalists, and photographers. I am a wave in this ocean, crashing against the steady shore of middle aged writers and media vigilantes. I will continue to fight against the unappealing expectation to “enjoy being a child”. I will continue to write in my notebook […]
Date: August 11th, 2021
They were storming the castle – the enemy were dressed in a disguise and armed with little colorful rocks, that if they made their way into your mouth, they would rot you from the inside-out. While they slowly crept towards me in a swaying motion, I knew I had only one option. I ripped through […]
Date: August 11th, 2021
Armed with an old veteran at my side I pushed open the glass doors, preparing for the jungle thriving ahead. Deep breath. Map out your surroundings. Remember the plan. Ready or not, we plunged into a swarm of chiffon and silk, questionable polyester and cotton blends and the season’s latest animal prints. Focus. Focus. Take […]
Date: August 9th, 2021
