Discontent
I had some writing scheduled to go up here this morning, written last week on Friday night when it seemed as though I was in a bad place. Each word typed onto the screen steeped in discontent. Reading it back…
Thoughts on a New Year
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. – T.S. Eliot I haven’t made any resolutions this year, I’m not so good…
On the River
We’re back home in Chicago, making efforts to recover from the time difference. Mikey and I have been waking up at 4am each morning so far and the days have been blending together. We had managed to miss most of…
Life Tourism
Rain has been a reoccurring theme for most of our long trip to England. I’m somewhat apprehensive at the thought of mentioning it yet again, but of course English rain is the kind that permeates everything. We’ve been watching the…
Habit and Mindfulness
We’ve been sitting here together since we woke this morning. Still in pajamas, wrapped in warm blankets and watching Tom and Jerry on the television. The rain has been beating against the windows all morning, but now it has stopped…
Watermelon Red
I bought a skirt on Thursday. A bright bold skirt the colour of watermelon, so unlike my usual closet of greys and blacks. I was out for breakfast with Mikey and a friend that morning, enjoying delicious fluffy pancakes and…
The city has calm for those who seek
When you think of a city, especially such an incredibly large city as Chicago, different words come to mind and calm isn’t usually one of them. In fact calm city seems somewhat of an oxymoron, there’s always traffic to deal…
Making Promises
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. – Mae West Usually, I suppose, the promises that we make to ourselves come in the form of things like New Year’s Resolutions, or that exercise regime that you keep meaning…
Tulips & Toes
I’m not really sure exactly what I did. One of the toes on my right foot has been playing up for some time, it’s been painful but not to the point where I can’t walk and it hasn’t been swollen,…
The Miraculous in the Common
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Sometimes it feels as though it’s difficult to know where you’re going. Perhaps you know where you want to eventually be, perhaps not….
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