Sometimes there are rushing watersIdeas cascade downCrash onto the banks of reality The words come in a floodInk pouring over paperFingers rushing across a keyboard The world is all rapids and raging eddiesWild and uncontrollableA force to be reckoned with Sometimes there’s nothing but a dripDripDrip The words don’t come at allBlank paperUntouched keys The…

I don’t like the idea that things could, I’d much rather pretend I didn’t know that things would. The best of friends since 8th grade, do you get the picture? I was very supportive, and you Jack, starred as the titular. After graduation, you were looking at me funny, I’d hit your line to no…

Remembering you brought me back to those joyful days kissing on the old wood bench at la plaza. “I promise I will never leave you alone. Here and now we stand side by side as the lovers that we are.” I’m dying for a love that no longer exists; I keep creating fake illusions of…

I took this photo in the summer of 2015 when I went to Europe for the first time. Ishot this image using an Ipad air tablet when the airplane took off from theAmsterdam airport. It was my last day in Europe and my first time being overseas,and I wanted to capture this final sweet moment…

My mixed media painting was begun with a traditional pencil and paper sketch, but it was finished in thedigital drawing program, Krita. It is a counterintuitive look at travel: my family always traveled forvacation when I was a child. I enjoy visiting new places, but an unexpected result of leaving home hasbeen a growing appreciation…

They worship the ground she walks on and they stare her down while shegracefully takes each step on her way to class. People love her and in their eyes she’sperfect; although she’s perfect in my eyes so I can’t be jealous of all the attention shegets and the popularity she has when I practically idolize…

I captured this photo on my first trip to St. Louis, MO, in 2017. The Gateway Arch gets its name because St. Louis is known as the “Gateway to the West,” and this title was very fitting for my visit. As a new college student at the time, and as a person who had left their…

I have been a part of The Scriblerus staff for three years now if I’m counting this semester. My time as both a general editor for one full year and the editor in chief for two years now has been wild. I loved being a general editor and participating in class, and when Hannah, The…

Gina Zbinden Spring 2015

Before taking off for a trip, how do you prepare for the unexpected?YOU CAN’T!!!! What you can do to prepare though is to make sure you have the basics down first. For example, it’s like starting a new class for the first time. You can sign up and have all the basic necessities like a…

When we see all the beautiful pictures of different places around the world, it’s hard not to want to leap into that exact moment the picture shows (trust me it doesn’t work). I’ve started to collect a collage of pictures from travel magazines of all the incredible places I want to visit one day. My…

Of all the places we go and things we see, we are inspired by the magnificent pieces of art that have been created around the world. When we see these art pieces, the thing that comes to my mind is all the different forms art can take. Art doesn’t have to be limited to paintings…

I have been a part of The Scriblerus staff for three years now if I’m counting this semester. My time as both a general editor for one full year and the editor in chief for two years now has been wild. I loved being a general editor and participating in class, and when Hannah, The…

When I was having a conversation with a non-environmentalist one time, one of the main things they pointed out was how it would be impossible to be eco-friendly and raise a baby. Honestly, that question took me aback and got me thinking, “Man, is there really any way to switch from single-use diapers to a…

We’ve probably all heard phrases that go something like this: “Switch to bamboo material, it’s sustainable and leaves no waste!” and “Buy reusable bamboo straws and bamboo cutlery in order to help the earth by avoiding single-use plastics!” Companies that make these products broadcast these sayings to eco-friendly people everywhere. But have we ever stopped…

When I think of bacon, I am immediately filled with great joy. The thought of sizzling, juicy bacon for a meal gives me pleasure, but then I remember where it came from. I also love pigs and don’t want to contribute to their death, so if I have to cut down on my bacon consumption,…

When we do our laundry without an eco-friendly routine, we have a high risk of sending out micro-plastics into our waterways. Instead of buying regular laundry detergent and dryer sheets, I’m going to be discussing a few simple things we can do to eliminate our laundry waste. When we buy liquid detergent, we increase the…

Trees take in a lot of CO2, so when we tear them down for profit, we’re actually losing in the end. When the Amazon Rainforest was burning, it didn’t even reach America’s news headlines for a couple weeks. There were speculations for a while on why it was burning, but we figured out later that…

Did you know that the Amazon Rainforest is known as the “lungs” of our earth? It is still burning, and this will cause a shift in our efforts to fight climate change. Since the Rainforest fires have been producing a ton of greenhouse gases, the earth will be more vulnerable to rises in temperature and…

It is predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Many pounds of trash enter the ocean every day, and one way we can help that problem is to reduce our consumption of plastic.  Unfortunately, plastic is used as packaging for so many items. Even for things that would…