articles for the average sentimental joe
Exploring love, life, pop culture, and fiction. All through the lens of an optimistic 22 year old.
“You are not stuck, you can begin to make changes by the way you think.”
– Louise Hay
On March 28th, I visited the Blue Gate Gallery at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California. On this date, the students in the installation art class had a presentation day. Each student’s piece was worthy of an individual written report, though, Karla Mercado Arango’s piece stood out to me the most. Titled On the road to…
It’s my birthday today, April 22nd. I personally believe I have not had a good birthday since I was 17. I can recall just about every birthday before 17, and how they were all horrible. 17 felt like a breath from bad birthdays. It was terrible the instant I went home. My mom told me…
Brown Cup Cafe is one of the cutest coffee shops in downtown Oceanside California, located off of Coast Hwy and Civic Center Drive. The inside of the shop is detailed with burgundy and beige sofas, a wide arrangement of large plants, and photography of our lovely city. Each piece of furniture has a vintage looking…
Love the review Gonna read the book … Thank you ♥️
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor…”
– Sylvia Plath
Rosalies-Locket 
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