Semantics and silly reasons I don’t write
I have resisted writing reviews of the books I read and the films I watch for literal decades (plural!) now and I’ve just figured out why. It is not a good reason. It is because in my mind to review a text is to pass judgement on it, and while I have a healthy respect…
The cha-cha, or steps forward and back, on repeat
I am in desperate need of a brain dump. I have been running around with such frenetic energy that I’ve been in danger of some genuine cathartic explosion, the kind laden with regret. I have yelled at my husband more than once, more than twice, more than thrice… daily…. for over a week. What, precisely,…
Intentions and the limits of them mattering
I’m having the surreal experience of midwifing my friend through his writing blocks when I have more of my own than he does. My writing blocks come down to, really, my incredible thin-skinned-ness. I pour my heart and brain into something, anything, and even my sloppiest work, if I believe it holds any value, feels…
I suppose we must start somewhere, let’s not wait for perfection
I want and need a place to think and to create. This place is for me. Largely because my memory is proving endlessly fallible, and there are things I do want to be able to recall. This in addition to the heightened awareness of my mortality and how many things I won’t get around to…
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