By Ruthie Stoll, TIWP Student One thing that never fails to give me a sensation of happiness is my daily trip to Starbucks. I’ve been going to the same one forever and, ever since I got my license, I’ve gone so regularly that it has become a part of my routine, a box to check […]

By Madeleine Deyo-Snyder, TIWP Student Clouds are so complicated but look so simple. They look like pure happiness, floating around, changing shapes and creating pictures for little kids looking out of the car window to fall asleep to. Clouds are comforting and free. They are so innocent and protective but also so sensitive. They get […]

By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student what does it feel like to be among nature? they asked. here’s the answer: it is wonderful. everlasting, slow like syrup, time is moving so slowly. you walk along roads dusted with gifts from the trees. the sunlight streams onto your face, lights up your whole body. the scent and sound […]

By Lucie Keul, TIWP Student I don’t know what phrase I use most. Like, how am I supposed to know? Who expects me to know that? I don’t even know how to measure, like, how much I use one word compared to, like, another? I could, like, count it. But that’s, like, a lot of […]

By Stella Pollock, TIWP Student “What is space?” seems to be the only question no search engine can fully and completely answer. Yes, articles written by esteemed scientists will pop up, enticing readers with titles like “your questions answered,” but by the end of the text, these experts admit that even their meticulous research can’t […]

By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student Love is the little things, and the big ones. It’s taking turns doing the dishes, sharing the work, covering the other person with a blanket when they fall asleep in the middle of the movie because they’re so tired they can’t keep their eyes open. It’s birthday gifts and Isn’t […]

By Mia Ford, TIWP Student Humans were made to grow up and live life, to enjoy moments and memories. Computers, on the other hand, were made for none of that. Computers and AI can’t grow. Their software is programmed. Then—boom—AI, AI that supposedly answers all your questions. But AI only knows what humans programmed them […]

By Josslyn Grover, TIWP Student The Hunters of Artemis navigated by stars. Their sacred stories are folded into the network of lights we have gazed upon for centuries, these burning bodies of gas full of mystery. Before anything, these were the maps of the heavens, these were the gods. Now I look at the rectangular […]

By Mira Hubly, TIWP Student Women walk a fine line between strength and overconfidence in society. People can view women as bossy, but a confident woman doesn’t let others’ opinions stop her. The definition of a confident woman can be shifted because she doesn’t have to fit a strict mold. She embraces her uniqueness. She […]

By Catherine Foster, TIWP Student I remember the days when I was too short to see my collarbones in the mirror.  The sink was in the way, and it would take my tippy toes to see the logo on the shirt I was wearing. So I used the stool instead.  Ellie could always at least […]