Did she really just say that?

During my creative writing class in college, my favorite assignment was what my professor called ‘Found Lines.’ Each week along with our essays, we had to submit ten Found Lines that we had overheard. The idea behind the assignment was to get us to be more aware of the world around us, as well as [...]

Neever Gonna Get It Right

My parents spent a long time picking names for my sister and me. Their main criteria were that they be traditional Gaelic names and that they couldn’t be shortened or ‘butchered.’ I got Niamh (Neeve), and my sister got Orlaith (Or-la). They didn’t want anyone coming up with lame nicknames for us either, so I [...]