On Topics: Essays by Kylee
Hello, my name is Kylee and I’m one of the editors of the fall 2025 edition of The River! My blog, On Topics, will be a series of Montaigne-inspired essays that muse and explore several different topics. From loafers to driving to human nature, I’ll mix these topics with stories from my own life and share my own perspective on them. I hope I’m able to push others into thinking deeper about the seemingly mundane things in their life. I hope you enjoy reading this blog!
On Completion
by Kylee Walton To start, this will be the final post for this blog. I find myself struggling to grapple with this because I’ve really enjoyed writing these posts, exploring ideas that I never found time to deeply analyze, and sharing those ideas with others. This has been really fun for me and I want…
On Seasonal Reading
by Kylee Walton I feel as though I haven’t read a book in ages. This is true, because I really haven’t. According to Goodreads, the last book I’ve read was Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata back in August. It’s been over three months since I’ve read a book. Or should I say, since I’ve actually…
On the Louise Carmen Journal and Self Sufficiency
by Kylee Walton The Travelers Notebook. The Paper Republic. The Louise Carmen. All of these brands create leather journal covers that allow you to carry several notebooks in an elastic binding. Most of these, especially the Louise Carmen, are marketed as these luxury items that will age with you as you take them with you…
On Cats
by Kylee Walton The precious, classic household pet. However, I am in the opinion that the word “pet” is the last title a cat should have. I didn’t grow up with cats for the most part. I remember in the first grade watching my mom smuggle a cat into our apartment. My sister and I…