As I walk down the street on this summer day, I’m walking through every other summer day that came before. All of the ones contained within me burst open like that barefooted girl running…
Posts tagged magic
What I want to say about travel
I’m trying to find the words to describe my travels. I want to write about this prolonged journey I’m on, with no foreseeable end in sight. I want to talk about how stripping away the…
Home within
Artwork by Lonesome Daughter. Feeling at home within myself. It’s not an easy task sometimes. Some days I would rather look inward with daggers rather than with quiet words and soothing thoughts. Some days I can’t…
My (un)glamorous life
The other day I had the grand idea of writing about “the glamour of everyday life”. Inspired by a positively miraculous sunset that blazed through the Amsterdam skies, it seemed like a good idea. If…
Fall: warmth meeting cold
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…
Hunting for the joy that once was
When was the last time you felt a moment of total elation? Feet off the ground, body weightless elation. Free of self-consciousness, free of worry, free of the impending burden of tomorrow. Has it been…