THE OPTIMISTIC DUKE

LIVING A LIFE FUELED BY COFFEE AND BABY SNUGGLES

Year: 2022

Garbage and Gratitude

I am in a phase of wanting to purge my environment. Donation piles of toys and clothes pile up by the door before I whisk them off to sit in the back of my van for weeks on end. Eventually,…

The Final Days

I’ve thought about the last weekend we had with my mom over and over the last 6 months. There are moments that flash in my mind like a light turned on in a dark room and others that linger on…

In the darkness

I used to sit in front of a computer screen and stare at the cursor blinking back at me, wishing my brain could turn thoughts into words and wash them over the blank page. My creativity comes in unpredictable waves…

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