Yes, I was diagnosed with Diabetes on “Pi” day. I know. I’ve spent all day wanting to write about this, but drawing a blank. I want to say: Being diagnosed changed my life! But honestly, I think that’s a lie. I want to cry: Diabetes took something from me! It didn’t. I want to crow: Diabetes gave me something you … Continue reading Diagnosis Day: My Diabetic Sweet Sixteen
Controllers, smartphones, and remotes welcome. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash There's a small, old fashioned part of my soul that gets fussy about books. It's the smell, I think. Or perhaps the reverent quiet and stillness of libraries is my version of sacred. This corner of my soul, while full of admirable dignity, tends … Continue reading How We Consume Stories
What are you hiding for? Go on, tell me yours. I’ve told so many lies in my life. I find it less and less useful, the older I get, but that doesn’t mean I’m above it. Lying’s a tool, as is the truth. Feel superior to me all you want, but the way I see it, … Continue reading The Lie I’ve Spent My Whole Life Telling
https://youtu.be/ijatbetQJQo Book: https://amzn.to/2TmMVFv TL;DW: A classic story by Edgar Allen Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a masterpiece of metaphor, brevity, and descriptions of people who are absolutely bat-shit crazy. If you haven't read it, well, that's what Google is for. 9 out of 10 stars Song: "Deliberate Thought" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a … Continue reading The Tell-Tale Heart
The power of reclaiming objects. A long time ago, in a fit of pride, I bought my significant other a watch. It wasn’t exactly a designer watch, a small step up from the plastic watches children run around with in their childhood. I gave it to my boyfriend as a gift late one evening. Surprisingly, … Continue reading When is it Okay to Take Back a Gift?
Is there a difference between being happy and being satisfied? Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash There’s a line I kept feeding myself, before now. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who was always trying to change, because I wanted to be happy. To me, satisfaction and happiness were hand in hand. If nothing else, … Continue reading I Can’t Get No
And other emotional whiplash Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash My mother loves to tell the tale of how I wrote my first story at the age of three. It was a comic book, believe it or not. I never really kept up with the illustrating side. I couldn’t animate to save my life, though … Continue reading Trying to Write is Giving Me Panic Attacks
Photo by Sara Rolin on Unsplash I’m having one of those days where I’m deeply unhappy. Do you ever have one of those days? I ask that fairly rhetorically, because how could you not? Seems terribly human, unhappiness. We’re capable of such greatness, and something must motivate us for that part. We can spend so much time and … Continue reading Me, The Grouch
And missing someone who’s standing here. A surprise love note put in a workday lunch. There’s a version of my ex that lives in a picture. It’s a typical picture, the type anyone would have. A candid shot, snapped by a friend in the warm light of a late evening. I think he’s just told a … Continue reading Loving a Memory
by Kobo Abe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAk8TGm_vS0 Check out the book here! https://amzn.to/2Xz5EMC TL;DW: Rather than being a straight-forward, traditional novel, Woman in the Dunes is the author forcing you to ask yourself a question. Which is more true? Who a person is when they have choice, have freedom, even if they're miserable with it? Or who they … Continue reading Woman In the Dunes
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