Wesley SnedekerOct 21, 20208 minRollerblade RB 110 3WD ReviewI've picked up inline skating again after years of absence for a pandemic-friendly workout and I am in love again. It seems I am not alon...
Wesley SnedekerOct 11, 20204 minTiny Negotiations with SpaceMy girlfriend and I were going to move. We had our minds made up. Our building had too many bugs in the walls, too much dust in the air, ...
Wesley SnedekerAug 15, 20204 minMourning FoodsAvocado I'm sitting in a diner in early fall 2017. The gas station next door saw its roof collapse. The air conditioning at my parents' h...
Wesley SnedekerAug 1, 20204 minClarification or InsensitivityI've often wondered lately why we grow insensitive to hardships in the course of time. When I think how I felt for weeks a year ago, it s...
Erin SnedekerJul 28, 20206 minReview: Watching Alone Together in IsolationAlone is a reality show which first aired on the History channel in 2015. The premise of the show is simple: 10 competitors are left in a...
Wesley SnedekerJul 24, 202012 minUndividing On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in Minneapolis, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bil...
Brooks ApplegateJul 15, 20204 minExpel the Farquaads: A Call to Action and a Tut-Tut at Voter ApathyIn 2001 Dreamworks released the animated movie Shrek. In the movie, our title character, Shrek, and his loveable sidekick, Donkey, go up ...
Wesley SnedekerMay 31, 20204 minHurricane SeasonHurricane season is coming. People bring it up with worried voices. News anchors lament it with polished concern. And, yes, some of us Fl...
Wesley SnedekerMay 24, 20206 minAltitude SicknessMartin Strøksnes' 2015 memoir Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean is as much about oc...
Wesley SnedekerApr 26, 20203 minRain AgainPeople are rhythmic creatures; we can't help but do things in concert. Something within us or about us compels us to coordinate our movem...
Wesley SnedekerApr 18, 20207 minUngatedI've begun watching City Beautiful videos on my lunch break. They're wonderfully made, deeply nerdy, and exceptionally informative about,...
Erin SnedekerApr 15, 20204 minAn Exploration of Storytelling in Black SailsAll our lives we tell ourselves stories. Stories to help us make sense of our world. Stories to help us figure out who we are. We share t...
Wesley SnedekerApr 10, 20204 minChristianity's Awkward MealThis is a devotion written for my church. John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come...
Erin SnedekerFeb 26, 20204 minEllieNames of students in this story have been changed to protect their privacy. For three years I worked in a middle school classroom dedicat...
Wesley SnedekerFeb 21, 20202 minNepheshSome ancient perspectives on what people are made of can be a little gruesome. There's an ancient Sumerian myth, for instance, that imagi...
Erin SnedekerFeb 19, 20202 minRoad Kills You made a crazed sprint, your body no more than a tiny brown and white blur. Four fuzzy feet barely brushed the ground before you were i...
Wesley SnedekerFeb 8, 20202 mindownpourCity. Springtime. Rain gives way to wet snow which brings forth ice which stings the face and burns the cheeks. This will all collect in ...
Erin SnedekerJan 22, 20204 minA Review: Uncut Gems“That movie was good,” my boyfriend says as we walk out of the movie theater into the frigid January air. “What did you think?” “Um…” I o...
Wesley SnedekerJan 17, 20204 minA Different World to InhabitWhen I was in middle and high school, I played a lot of basketball. Walking over to the rec center after school, taking hundreds of shots...