Heather Nelson, Writer & Wanderer

More and Less I wish I could tell you that I’d do so many things over again. I made so many mistakes. I wish I’d looked less at my phone and more at your favorite book with you. I wish I’d been more calm and introspective and less knee-jerk and…

Bookstore There are whispers everywhere, in every genre’s section. The cookbook’s section is well-lit; gleaming baking pans and shiny whisks catch the track lighting and beckon to you. The colorful spines of the books lift your spirits; impel you to believe that, Yes! You can make a silky, sexy risotto…

No Dream Tonight Subject: 23-90345K Gender: Female Physical: Red Emotional: Red Mental: Red Subject engaged in moderate alcohol consumption earlier in evening, social setting. Other participants: female. Emotional levels at this time: Orange to Green. Healthy. Upon being dropped off at home later in evening, subject engaged in argument with…

Goodbye, Writers, 2053 I have only minutes to pen these words before I’m hustled onto a spacecraft that will transport me to a “lunar retirement colony” and the written word will cease to be here on Earth. Apologies…the human written word, I mean. And I am supposed to be grateful…