Monthly Archives: October 2017

Sunday October 22 was Reid’s birthday. The day of, I went to my parent’s house, and we celebrated with a nice meal and a little fall farm outing. The day before, though, I was out of sorts. Some years it hits me more than others. I turned to the one of the most significant avenuesContinue reading “Eventide”

Grief is super weird. And so is the month of October, at least for me. On the one hand, the incredibly basic autumn-loving pumpkin-everything-consuming side of me has always been in love with the weather and the overall aesthetic. October is my late brother’s birthday month, which is always a strange mix of wistful andContinue reading “The 5 Weirdest Things I Associate with Grieving the Death of my Brother”

I was in college when I first began to hear about academic medieval conferences. My medieval studies professor would sometimes disappear to present a paper, and then return with tales like how apparently Terry Jones (yes of Monty Python fame, but also medieval scholar) could drink them all under the table. It’s been ten yearsContinue reading “Hanging with the Big Kids”