I started cycling. It’s a wobbly road back into the world, hard for me used to coping with fear by retreating into a shell & forgetting that I’m in a shell. But August approaches. It’s Leo season, that promises & demands strength, courage, vitality, things that cannot be contained inside…
A poem about attraction and affection crossing borders.
I’m learning a powerful lesson in communication – that it is sometimes better to be silent.
We think of firsts as one-time only things. We assume they’re the domain of the young, the uninitiated. The first time is so much more.
How can we truly understand trust until we learn to trust ourselves?
It’s not my birthday now but it is of a lot of people I love.
The second COVID wave made me ponder why we do things. Is it not more about our own personal ego gratification than about helping?
A friend’s admission about being shamed made me think. All shaming is bullying. What does it mean to be shameless?
Maybe the only reality is an awkward feminist. We are fighting patriarchy and also those who weaponise feminism to wage war on each other.
I never imagined my life as an epic. And The Lord of The Rings wasn’t even one of my favorite books. Yet, it’s odd the way things turn out, what you’re intended for and what is intended for you. At the age of 30, I pivoted my life from behind…