One thing I love about Ohioans is how we have just as bad of winters as Boston – tons of snow; chill factors that would freeze your bum off and grey skies that have folks making their own sun lamps for maintaining sanity levels – and yet, every year, Ohioans talk about how they can’t […]
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The Long View
As a child, I knew that I would someday pick up photography as a hobby. I never envisioned myself as a photographer – always a writer – but there was something about the power that a photograph can hold. The way you can view a photo from a time that you don’t remember as a […]
Roadtrip Epiphanies
On a day road trip to and from Cincinnati in one day, I found myself alone in the car for a total of 7.5 hours. Normally, I would dread the drive, particularly because I’m usually the snorer in the passenger seat, not behind the wheel. But this road trip was different for some reason. It […]
Letters to Isaiah: 10 Months
Dear Isaiah, You wave. You are now waving hello and good-bye to anyone and everyone. This thrilling little move popped out of nowhere. Two weeks ago you were opening and closing your hand, but your fist was opening and closing in your own direction, like you were waving goodbye to yourself. Then, one day last […]
Natur(e)al Surprises
I took this photo yesterday. Driving around for a series of errands on a crisp and beautiful autumn day, I knew that it was a high chance of photographing simple but beautiful pieces of scenery purely by chance. I was right. I ended up at a donated farm turned research center for organic farming. As […]
The Blueberry Diaries
I don’t know many people who refute blueberries. In some form of it – pie, smoothie, shake, tart, muffin, pancake, even beer – everyone finds their way to a blueberry or two. The blueberry is an enormously healthy fruit. Research reports come back glowing about the blueberry: it can help sustain vision, clear out toxins, […]
Free Write on writing vs. Writing
Writing is as mysterious as health care providers who smoke, as ambiguous as Theology 101, as misunderstood as the role of the Vice President of the United States. I took me years to identify as a Writer, mostly because the misleading definitions we have of Writers is so deeply in our brains at a young […]
Lies Uncovered
When I was a kid, my mom told me that I would be able to sleep in when I was an adult. Childhood, then, became this drudgery where I could not wait for it to pass. Specifically, I’m talking about waking up in the morning. The rest was awesome. Mornings became this breadcrumb game in […]
Digital Writing Prompt for Dear Sister
Dear Sister Anthology Writing Prompt from Lisa Factora-Borchers on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT Many survivors already know this: that after you are raped, you are never the same person again. More specifically, someone has died and new person is born. And like a newborn, the new person must learn first how to survive and then eventually, live. […]