Almost Anecdotes

I will preface this by saying I’ve always been rather impressionable from the books I read. After reading Silence of the Lambs, I didn’t...

I’ve talked a lot about my brothers t’Jacques and Jean, I’ve mentioned Camille and Gabby in passing, but one sister thus far has gone...

My older brother t’Jacques (pronounced tee-jahk) and I are very close. He’s only a year older than me, but he’s the smartest, kindest,...

I have a lot of siblings. Five in total, but one of them, my smart-as-a-whip sister Gabby didn’t join our family until much later, so my...

I always describe this story as I have above, and then people tell me ‘that doesn’t count!’ or ‘I thought you meant you *really* got...

You may remember the story of how I convinced my mother that my brother Jean was colorblind for years, but looking back, it was a rather...

The air weighed down on me as I made my way through that deserted parking lot; I have always thought it strange that in Autumn, a season...

I wouldn’t call myself a rebel, but of course I wouldn’t call myself caustically witty, dashingly charming or Helen of Troy reincarnate...

I grew up with a lot of siblings. There were five of us and my dad was usually at work which made it 5 vs 1 most of the time. As you can...

To my knowledge, my father has always been a renaissance man; I imagine he came out of the womb with a petri dish in one hand and a book...