Home and Hearth
For a lot of people, I represent a concept more than a person: the illusion of βhome and hearth.β It is just thatβan illusion. One that has been projected onto…
Out in the woods
Yesterday I started writing about gratitude andΒ said I would post one thing Iβm grateful for a day a week.Β Today I will focus on something a bit bigger than my…
Foundations of Commitment
Infatuation is an intense, often short-lived, and idealised feeling that is based more on physical attraction and excitement, while love is a deeper, more lasting emotion built on trust, intimacy,…
Grateful for gratitude.
Grateful - adjective.Β Feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful. I have been poor at being grateful and showing gratitude for people and things in my life. I believe…
Thereβs Someone in My Photos
Iβm not a photographer or anything. I just take pictures for fun β my dog, my coffee, the sky when it looks weird. Two weeks ago, I noticed someone in…
Pepperoni Confessions
The night smells like gasoline and gardenia perfume, a blend of danger and nostalgia. Somewhere in the back of a Cadillac, a lighter flicks. A man with a moustache so…
The Thing in the White Noise
I started sleeping with noise on because silence was too heavy. The hum of a fan, a podcast playing softly, sometimes just static from my old radio. A month ago,…
Guilt/y
Guilt is a negative emotion experienced when one believes they have committed a wrongdoing or caused harm, such as breaking a social or personal standard. It is a feeling of…
Inner Thoughts
There were always eyes in the dark, but I tried to tell myself they were only tricks of the light. Shadows pretending to care. I used to sleep, once back…
Cranked up to 11
When you worship the rock gods of the patriarchy β the classic rock pantheon and their beer-soaked followers β you are not just listening to music. You are enrolling in…
parables and golf in the forest
And then the trees shifted. The mushroom lights dimmed. The windmills of the forest bent like reeds, and out stepped a figure in a robe, humming with the low vibration…