I want to stop looking at things and letting my first thought land on my desire to replace them. This old TV for instance. I just sat to spend time on my couch for the first time in weeks, and my first thought as I reached for the remote was "I can't wait to get my flat screen TV." I could see it ...
Happy. New Year 2024
It’s the first day of the new year. I am sprawled on my stomach, sinking into the fuzziest blanket I've ever owned. It’s a Christmas gift from my parents, which adds to the blanket’s warmth. I smile at the sea of paper around me. Some scraps are from a vintage ad book I found in a secondhand ...
The Stretch
I had the urge to burn this part of me down. The feeling was fleeting, but something in me wanted to erase the record of who I used to be. I came to my site with the thought of deactivating it. Remembering can be so heavy. I’ve had a dull, but constant fear of returning here. If I were to get ...
Another Note to Self
You’ve been conflating “perfect for you” with “perfect,” and that is the problem. This applies to more than just him. This is about all the things you’ve been willing to receive in your life, and the things you’ve been quick to reject. Perfectly good blessings have probably passed you unnoticed ...
Natural Life
I spent the majority of this weekend fixated on the term "natural life." It sounds so gentle, like you could place it on a pile of autumn leaves and it wouldn't make a sound. But when it comes to you, the term plunges through me like an anchor through the ocean; heavy, crushing, direct. ...
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