When Mike Light noticed there weren’t any comics in The West Side’s November edition, he sent out an email to the publication. “I said, ‘hey, wanna see some of my work?’” Light said. “And the editor said, ‘sure, send over…
In fifty-five days, I board a plane bound for Kathmandu, Nepal (well, Seattle –> LA –> Hong-Kong –> Kathmandu, but that’s beside the point). Never before have my thoughts been so consumed with the future, not in this sense anyway.…
The first time I laid eyes on what would become my future home, I knew I needed to live there. Nestled on a quiet hill across the street from Minto Brown Park, this renovated basement apartment, which I now refer…
Welp. I really dropped the ball on posting one blog a week. OOPS. I’ve had my reasons for it, though. I’ve been consumed with thinking about one thing and not much else. But I couldn’t talk about that one thing…
I grew up in a very religious household, which meant that most of my young life was spent in and around church in some capacity: Vacation Bible School; youth group; prayer group; family Bible study; Sunday school. You get the…
Life rarely works out the way you expect it to. We all know this sentiment in different ways. I remember standing across from my soon-to-be husband at our wedding ceremony in Ventura, CA, completely lost in his eyes, oblivious to…
Marshall doesn’t take life sitting down | Sports | polkio.com DALLAS — If you could use one word to describe Marie Marshall, it would be: Independent. The freshman from Dallas High School is a sprinter on the track and field…
Perrydale gets a glimpse of Germany, Norway | News | polkio.com PERRYDALE — This year, Perrydale is home to two foreign exchange students: junior Sophie Junghans, from Worthsee, Germany, and senior Salome Rossevold, from Aalesund, Norway. The two girls, who…
Steve Mabry leads team to playoffs while battling cancer ‘Team together’ | News | polkio.com PERRYDALE — “You have a 30 percent chance of survival.” Those were the words Steve Mabry heard after learning of his cancer diagnosis earlier this…
I am thrilled you’re here! Seriously. Sharing this piece of myself, this huge piece, is very scary. But here we are! Embracing fears and being vulnerable and whatnot. This blog is for myself first, but I do hope that at…