A window open to the smell of leaves burning in candied tempo. Unbottled air that’s been biting at the sky for its turn to unfurl in crispy drier sheets on the bricked buildings holding people steady in their…
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Thought bubbles: A good story
A good story can make me cry on a public tram, surrounded by other people on my daily commute. A good story coming through my headphones in the form of a podcast. The emotions may start as a…
Words for living, words for the lost
Why is it that at that exact moment when you are feeling particularly directionless and aimless in your life, everything you read, see and hear are stories about other people taking the plunge, feeling inspired, driven to…
Evolution of Taste
We are always shedding shedding shedding The layers we outgrow pile up on the floor like skin But maybe we need to respect that former shell Not look at it with such disdain, because pretty soon…
Just a Soul Whose Intentions are Good…
It’s funny the things that come to you. You’re washing the dishes and suddenly remember how you once read in The Boxcar Children series that the characters washed their dishes in the stream with sand. You look at a flower you…