by applewooddollhospital | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog, Essays
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I had a social media friend –not celebrate his murder– but more justify it based on an out-of-context quote Kirk made on gun control. I’d been...
by applewooddollhospital | Aug 26, 2025 | Blog, Essays
In high school and college, I used to feel so stupid studying literature because I never saw the imagery within it on my own. When I read the assigned books, I would usually think, ‘that was a pretty good book’, but that was where it ended for...
by applewooddollhospital | Aug 20, 2025 | Blog, Essays
My exposure to fox hunting was entirely via television and, in particular, the movie Mary Poppins. Like most children who saw that movie, I was greatly distressed for the poor,...
by applewooddollhospital | Jul 28, 2025 | Blog, Essays
I have a bunch of kids and I homeschool and I pretend to be a writer so I stay busy. Ipso facto, the age of divorce kind of snuck up on me. Having lived some life, I knew a...
by applewooddollhospital | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog, Essays
One Saturday morning, I came upon a collage of pictures of smiling men in striped jump suits in my social media feed. There was such joy in the pictures! My heart was...
