Archive - A Way With Words

A Body of Water

I wrote this piece last spring, and would love to share it with you today, on my 36th birthday.

Apr 16, 2025 • Kendall Rose

February 2025

Some Valentine's smut, just for you.

Feb 16, 2025 • Kendall Rose

The origins of the phrase cold turkey have almost nothing to do with our modern understanding of quitting something - usually a substance - abruptly and…

Feb 5, 2025 • Kendall Rose

December 2024

To Plead The Fifth

Dec 5, 2024 • Kendall Rose

November 2024

Dear Son, January 20, 2021

I wrote parts of this letter to my one year old son over three years ago.

Nov 5, 2024 • Kendall Rose

Leave The Light On

One evening, in the early fall of 2021 when the sun had begun setting at 7:00 PM, I was scrolling Zillow on my phone—a silly and obscure pastime that…

Nov 1, 2024 • Kendall Rose

October 2024

This is A Way With Words.

Oct 30, 2024 • Kendall Rose

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