On the Habit of Finding Better Words Part 1
Reading Time: 5 minutes As a toddler and young child, according to my mother and sister, I used to say “ayana” when I wanted someone to lie down with me. No one has any idea where I got the …
Reading Time: 5 minutes As a toddler and young child, according to my mother and sister, I used to say “ayana” when I wanted someone to lie down with me. No one has any idea where I got the …
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Teachers Pt 2. The white strips of fat had only just begun to grey in the heat of the pan when Devon’s phone rang. It was muffled and in a pocket somewhere. Handing Maggie …
Reading Time: 7 minutes This project is (eventually) peppered with swearing and references to sex, so if that’s not your cup-of-tea, then please go in peace. The Teachers Pt 1. Sunlight heaved itself through soupy clouds and dirty windows. …
Reading Time: 6 minutes ***DISCLAIMER/TRIGGER WARNING*** The “Grief Sucks” series is an ongoing response to my experience of loss. As such, it may contain things that could serve as triggers for people who have also experienced loss. Finally, I …
Reading Time: 9 minutes I have had the privilege of being able to occasionally see an acupuncturist. She is a lovely human and frequently talks to me about my angry, stagnant liver. I imagine this cess-pool of unmoving Qi …
Reading Time: 8 minutes There is probably very little I can tell any of you about productivity as a “goal” or “set of habits” that you cannot learn from the wealth of literature, talks, and courses already available. I …
Reading Time: 5 minutes So, lately, every time I tuck into one of my fiction projects, I have an overwhelming urge to make all the characters go into self-isolation due to a global pandemic. From their different worlds and …
Reading Time: 14 minutes The first cat to ever claim me as his own found me in a ground floor, one bedroom suite with a roommate and her cat: young, tuxedo, super long-haired (the cat, not the roommate). We …
Reading Time: 9 minutes I woke this morning having barely slept because I have a cold. Again. I never get sniffly colds. My body and I have a deal. It flattens me like carefully steam-rolled asphalt once every 3-5 …