04/07/2026
"Once"
I keep coming back to this one moment in time. It's like I'm stuck, frozen and suspended in the promise of a new beginning. I had recently quit my soul decimating job and was searching for something bigger and brighter. And I wasn't alone.
Two recent English grads wanted to use their love of all things literary to enrich and uplift a community. The Lost Keys Festival was born. I was brought on to help their vision reach others and highlight the amazingly talented writers in my hometown.
Over the next few years, we discovered just how difficult it is to create something from the ground up and have it actually last. Eventually, the cost exceeded the return and we chose to close this chapter to write new ones. But that feeling of being on the brink of something beautiful and transformative has never left me, and I find myself often wondering, "How can I recapture what I felt once?"
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