Ordinary Mer

A Bard by Any Other Name

My freshman year of high school, a particularly frightening nun / English teacher (who delighted in finding the smallest infractions in her students) would make those unlucky enough to escape her glare memorize and recite the prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as part of their punishment. (This particular task was set because all of [...]

Weekly Gratitude

It was easy to feel grateful for a lot of things this week. The official start of spring, the sun still being up when I leave work and absolutely wonderful weather just seems to make everything else better. I was also grateful for… The gorgeous spring weather, because it gives me hope and lets me [...]

Weekly Gratitude, Birthday Edition

Yep, it’s my birthday and no, I’m definitely not telling you how old I am. I know most people would still consider me young, but I’m quickly approaching a birthday-of-no-return and I’m feeling like I just need more time to do all the things I wanted to do before the aforementioned birthday. At any rate, [...]

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