December 2008

a holiday exchange

by cifanic
December 23, 2008June 14, 2019

For the second year in a row my cousins and I are participating in our annual holiday gift exchange. We prefer to take the “white… Read More »a holiday exchange

new music: Hajen

by cifanic
December 10, 2008June 14, 2019

Hajen is a brilliant young singer-songwriter from Sweden. Her impassioned singing style is timelessly earthy and warm and I can’t stop listening to her on… Read More »new music: Hajen

Nicole C. Lehmann-Haupt is a writer whose work has appeared in Hypertext Magazine, El Portal, Ignatian Literary Magazine, and Mulberry Literary, among others. In 2021, 2023, and 2025, Nicole's work was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has also contributed to Thrive Global, Yahoo!, Indie Shuffle, and LAist. Driven by a passion for storytelling that resonates across ages, her stories feature misfits, underdogs, and weirdos stumbling upon the extraordinary in an ordinary world. As of fall 2025 she is at work on her first novel.