Callie Feyen

I know that after you read this post you will probably think I’m a little like Monica Geller or the guy who thinks he’s a doctor in the movie The Dream Team, but people, I am happiest when I make plans, lists, and goals, so this post is about a little challenge I’ve created for myself for my next MFA… View Post

I like to sing harmony as much as I can. During Advent, because I’m familiar with the hymns, the harmony comes easily because I know the songs well. I’ve know them from reading the hymnal as my mom or dad held it low for me to read, my nose touching the thick paper, its edges lined with blue. Sometimes, though,… View Post

A couple of weeks ago I finished my first semester of my MFA program, and in this most recent packet, I needed to turn in a critical paper with my other work. I decided to write about how authors look at conflict in their writing. The reason I chose conflict is because in my writing, I tend to deal with… View Post

Today, Hadley and Harper are eating Cheerios with milk, and an apple. I hate giving them cereal with milk because they spill it every time, but today they PROMISE they won’t, and as soon as the promise has been made Harper lifts a spoonful of Cheerios into her mouth and they promptly fall to the table. She then rearranges them… View Post

Enjoying – A french pressed cup of coffee in my new Intelligentsia Chicago mug. (Thank you, Mom and Dad!  Geoff!  Come over for coffee!) Listening to – Hadley and Harper tell me what they want for breakfast (waffles for Harper, hard boiled egg for Hadley). Reading – two books: The Christmas Plains by Joseph Bottum and Anything but Typical by… View Post