by August Cabrera | Jan 5, 2021 | Essay
Today has been a rough day: too many goodbyes I did not want to make. And then I got home, opened my laptop, and checked my email. And guess what was waiting for me? My first “official” rejection letter. I say “official” because the real first rejection was actually... 
by August Cabrera | Jan 3, 2021 | Essay
My mom said today I was braver than she ever was. That I have never been afraid to try new things, go new places, meet new people. She is right, I have been more adventurous than she ever was – but that is in large part to how safe I felt as a child. Not to dive in to... 
by August Cabrera | Apr 15, 2020 | Essay
Last night the fireflies were out in force. My deck overlooks a small field and they were going crazy with mating lights on full tilt. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I had never seen these little harbingers of the season until my first summer visit to DC so many... 
by August Cabrera | Mar 15, 2020 | Essay
Sitting in the library of a castle – yes, a real castle – writing about our trip to Ireland is a bit, well, surreal. We’ve been here just over 24 hours and already drank Guinness from the source, went on some of a literary pub crawl, driven through... 
by August Cabrera | Feb 15, 2020 | Essay
The waves are small here. No worry of getting wet on my perch above the water. Small tide pools below me: limpets, barnacles, and snails are the only survivors of this lonely bit of North Atlantic coastline. I’m watching a small island, maybe 200 yards off... 
by August Cabrera | Feb 15, 2020 | Essay
Seven of ten days is already upon us and I can’t help but feel a wee bit of sadness at the thought of leaving in just three more days. The further north and west we have traveled the more familiar this feels; people and landscapes blurring into an overwhelming...
