Laura Tokie

In fifth grade, Laura wrote an essay about Thanksgiving that her teacher thought was good. She also played Santa Claus in a school play and tried to make croissants from scratch. Not much has changed

Apple Orchard’s and Hemingway’s Cottage

Jun 15, 2012 4 min read Humanity Literature

The true artist works alone, many say, and who am I to argue? Famous men from President Kennedy to Steve Wozniak spoke of this, as did Ernest Hemingway when he accepted the Nobel

Obligation, Like Mercy

May 11, 2012 4 min read Humanity writer's block

Some author quoted or misquoted on the internet claimed that no true writer needs to be told to write. This makes me feel like crap. I would like to say that I have

A Record of Wearing and Worn

Feb 24, 2012 3 min read Humanity The Del Fuegos The Detroit Institute of Arts

Side A – Wearing 1 A tiny, uneven house once sheltered a denim jacket. A girl discovered it wadded up in a garbage bag filled with other hand-me-downs. She rolled back the cuffs and

February Done Right

Jan 13, 2012 4 min read

I will go to great lengths to ward off the February blahs. In years past, I have decorated my home with tropical flourishes, distracted myself with games and group trips, tried to embrace

Transformation on Toast

Dec 23, 2011 3 min read Food & Drink Humanity restoration simplicity tradition

If I could put you inside a time machine and send you to 9 a.m., Christmas, in my girlhood home, most of what you’d find would be unsurprising. My brother and