E.K. Daniels
Bio
Writer, watercolorist, and regular at the restaurant at the end of the universe. Twitter @inkladen
Stories (159/0)
Teach a Woman to Fish
I should consider myself lucky. Some people grow up never knowing a parent, or both parents. Some still, end up getting to know only to have them unjustly ripped from their childlike hands many years too soon. I have two dads. Or had, anyway. I’m now back to the normal ‘one’. But things don’t, nor have they ever felt, normal. Like the half of U.S. households whose children witness the divorce of their parents, I am yet another statistic.
By E.K. Daniels2 years ago in Families
Gazpacho’s Sister Salmorejo Is the Quintessential Summer Dish
For everything there is a season, and to me, food is no different. Each winter conjures memories of rich soups, the fall, warm scents of cinnamon and nutmeg, and spring, the smells of freshly risen Easter bread. But summer has always been my favourite season for food. When I was younger, summer was heralded by the taste of water fresh from the garden hose, and sticky-sweet creamsicles—when I had the good fortune to scrounge up enough change from between the couch cushions.
By E.K. Daniels2 years ago in Feast
Corporatocracy
There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. There used to be hippies, by the droves. Now? Drones. But dragons? Not a one. Unless you counted ‘Puff’ among them. The times of Haight-Ashbury and turning on, tuning in, an dropping out were all but over. Well, mostly anyway. It seems those in Silicon Valley happened to like the latter. Who knew you could convince the most discriminating palette to eat mushrooms, even if they knew they were grown in cow dung?
By E.K. Daniels2 years ago in Fiction
Can One Person With a Crochet Hook Make a Difference?
We live in the Information Age, a significant time in human history. Academically speaking, we are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This has introduced innovations which have forever changed our world and the ways in which we operate within it. While the First Revolution introduced mechanization, such as with the steam engine, the inventions and revolutions to follow enabled the ability of mass production and further advances in technology.
By E.K. Daniels2 years ago in Styled
To the Doctors Who Saved My Life, the Stranger Who Saved My Ankles, and the Professor Who Taught Me How to Paint - Thank You
**TW: Images of premature birth Dear Doctors of Dekalb County, I don’t remember you, but I am sure you remember me. For at least one of you, I was probably your first premature birth. I researched you in my thirties, and found that one of you had only just started your residency when I was born at a mere 25 weeks.
By E.K. Daniels2 years ago in Journal