Sheldon farmhouse. Watercolor on paper. Fall 2021.
Author Archives: Ellen Sheehy
Winter street. Charcoal on paper. Spring 2023.
Book cover. Designed in Adobe InDesign with original film photography. Spring 2023.
Ozymandias. Acrylic on canvas. This painting won Best of Show in the 2022 Best of the West high school art competition.
Poster. Designed in Adobe Illustrator. Fall 2023.
Miss Hannigan. Acrylic on canvas. Fall 2021.
My Tooth Saga
I am missing five teeth, and I can’t stop talking about it. Whenever I have to play two truths and a lie: “I’m five foot seven, I’m part dead person, and I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I have to say an interesting fact about myself: “I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I’m asked how my weekContinue reading “My Tooth Saga”
Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam
A 14-minute read. It had begun at 8:15 in the morning–fifteen minutes late, I noted, as I pressed my finger against the tip of my pencil. Heaven forbid the lead fall out and I need to ask the proctor for a replacement. I didn’t want to walk to the front of the room, eighty eleventh-gradeContinue reading “Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam”
Me Thinketh to Tell You as it Seemed to Me
A 16 minute read. I don’t like telling people that I was homeschooled. It makes me feel like a specimen: they always ask, “What was it like?” as if I was a giraffe recently escaped from the zoo. Did you sew your own clothes? Did you ever wash your hair? Did you speak English? DidContinue reading “Me Thinketh to Tell You as it Seemed to Me”
My Brilliant Essay
I planned to write an essay about loneliness. It was going to be brilliant, of course. I had just gotten my first glimpse of real adult life as I waded alone through my freshman year of college, though I was constantly surrounded by people. I had all these aspirations of making friends that didn’t comeContinue reading “My Brilliant Essay”
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