by Amanda Sisk “Land is the only thing in the world worth workin’ for, worth fightin’ for, worth dyin’ for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.” In my family, this moment from Gone With the Wind is just as, if not more significant than when Scarlett gags on that…

An ungainly poem // essay entitled:“THOUGHTS ON EMPOWERMENT (WOMEN’S) Well, this is going to get me in trouble // Possible Social Media Leper Catalyst.” I KNOW I’m going to piss people off. I’m not sorry about the way I feel, but I really am sorry I can’t agree with everyone…

I read about this girl who kept a “100 Days of Fear” blog. Every day, she did something she was afraid of. But her fears were so stupid — one night, she got drunk and smoked a cigarette because she’d never done either of those things before. One of the…

Today, I decided to go through my “artists” list and just play one song from each one. Sometimes it was VERY hard to decide what to play out of all the great tunes. …

Summer Breeze — Seals & Crofts This song isn’t one of my favorites. I don’t particularly care for it at all if I’m being honest. But it was stuck in my head — specifically the opening — for over 10 years. I couldn’t figure out what it was. …

Music, Music, Music, Music, Music and Music. I’ve been listening to a lot of music for the past week. Constant tunes, like I did back in college. And so I’ve decided to write about some songs (in no particular order) that have changed my life in some very particular way. …