johnmark conklinWhy You’ll Never Find “Authentic” LoveIt’s winter and I’m deep in the Minnesota wild, my fingers locked tightly inside yours. We’re sliding over icy rocks, your voice echoing…Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
johnmark conklinOut of the WardrobeA mild-mannered ten-year-old sits quietly at the end of a grey cafeteria lunch table with his nose inside a battered copy of “The Lion, the…Nov 23, 2016Nov 23, 2016
johnmark conklinWhen you don’t feel like “enough”The wooden plats creak as they slowly rotate overhead; the old ceiling fan ignorant to the dust it’s breath stirs about the largely…Nov 23, 2016Nov 23, 2016
johnmark conklinWhy hidden moments matterIt’s 85 & sunny outside but I don’t really care. I’m curled up on a giant beanbag inside my cave-like room… the fan hums softly in the…Jun 19, 2016Jun 19, 2016