ByJustin Cox I was waiting for a washing machine delivery earlier this week. While waiting (and after I read the product manual online) I sent out a question to The Writing Cooperative Facebook group. I asked, “How do you clean up your writing?” The answers were a mixture of editing tools and techniques. Though, one person got…
ByJustin Cox When my wife and I purchased our house nine years ago, the backyard was an unexplored jungle. The weeds were four feet tall and so thick we weren’t 100% sure how deep the yard went. I called a landscaper friend and he spent four hours and filled a dump trailer with the remains of our…
ByJustin Cox I wrote my first persuasive essay while staring at a cartoon hamburger. While gesturing to the individual ingredients that made up a neon hamburger on the overhead projector, my elementary school teacher explained the “Hamburger Method” of writing a persuasive essay. The Hamburger Method starts with the top bun: the introductory paragraph and main point….
ByJustin Cox Quick, overnight trips are a great option to break away from reality on a budget. Typically these are a few hours away from home to maximize the experience away. Last December, my wife and I cashed in a handful of airline miles and hotel points to experience New York City at Christmas time for our…
ByJustin Cox Part One: Planes The attendant walks my wife and I to our individual pods. She places our bags in the enormous overhead bins and smiles as she goes to welcome the next passengers. My wife and I share a look of excitement. For eighteen months, Carla and I have been planning a trip to Japan. We…
ByJustin Cox On a side street in Ginza — Tokyo’s wealthiest district — just around the corner from a supercar gallery is Sushiko Honten’s modest store front. We enter to a small sushi counter that is full of patrons. The light-wood interior is equally modest given the high-end neighborhood. Sushiko Honten is Tokyo’s second-oldest sushi establishment. The restaurant first opened its…
ByJustin Cox Our first day in Japan, my wife and I visited the amazing Himiji Castle west of Osaka. The castle was built in the fourteenth century by people used to walking everywhere. Living in the suburbs of Florida, I am not conditioned to walking everywhere — let alone at elevation. We arrived back in Osaka with tired legs…
ByJustin Cox Living in Florida, our seasons consist of summer and slightly cooler summer. Fall is when the humidity drops low enough to open a window. This usually occurs sometime in November. Carla is from Northern Virginia. She grew up experiencing colorful leaves and brisk air. Five years of endless summer in Florida, while nice, began to…
ByJustin Cox Back in December I made some predictions because that’s what you do in December. One of those predictions was this little gem: The Trump family will be unmasked, Scooby-Doo style, as the real life Lannister. You know what I’m talking about. You know. Justin Cox Unfortunately this hasn’t happened yet. Also, there’s a typo in…
