I Grew Up With Guns, Then I Was Held Hostage With One
Haley Elkins didn’t fight then, but she’s going to fight now. I love guns. I’m from West Texas — very few of us do not at least respect guns, if not love them outright. As a trap shooter, I range...
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Queue the squeezebox and pop the champagne. This story of courtship gives us a reason to believe in mature romance. Four years ago, one of my good friends gave me a copy of Joan Didion’s The White...
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A mediation on the difference between men of action and men of ideas. When I was young, I thought I would marry a cowboy. In West Texas, you see, this is still a thing you can do. It wasn’t so much a...
View ArticleI Had No Idea I Was Going To Propose
On his anniversary, a husband retells the story of his wedding in an expression of love. Editor’s note: This essay is an answer to In Paris, A Bohemian Love at First Sight composed by Haley B. Elkins,...
View ArticleI Was Supposed to Marry a Cowboy
A mediation on the difference between men of action and men of ideas. When I was young, I thought I would marry a cowboy. In West Texas, you see, this is still a thing you can do. It wasn’t so much a...
View ArticleI Had No Idea I Was Going To Propose
On his anniversary, a husband retells the story of his wedding in an expression of love. Editor’s note: This essay is an answer to In Paris, A Bohemian Love at First Sight composed by Haley B. Elkins,...
View ArticleIn Paris, A Bohemian Love at First Sight
Queue the squeezebox and pop the champagne. This story of courtship gives us a reason to believe in mature romance. — Four years ago, one of my good friends gave me a copy of Joan Didion’s The White...
View ArticleI Grew Up With Guns, Then I Was Held Hostage With One
RSVP to join weekly calls on Conscious Intersectionality Haley Elkins didn’t fight then, but she’s going to fight now. —- I love guns. I’m from West Texas — very few of us do not at least respect...
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