How’s this for a roller coaster ride?
Something my friend @schmutzie posted made me think of things. She’s good for that, you know. Making you think about things. In fact, most of my friends are particularly good…
Everything Else Drawer
Not a phone
When’s a phone not a phone? When you’re not using it as a phone. [Insert some pithy argument here in which we talk about Socrates and the Aristotlean ideal or…
Ch sh ts tz tch
I had this brilliant post I was going to make, only I thought of it last night as I was lying in bed, and I didn’t want to jot it…
Remember when I was nicer?
Okay, you probably don’t. That’s probably a trick question, in fact. I’m not sure if I’ve ever been very nice. Because, see, the thing is…this is the thing. The thing…
Soup Season
When other kids hung around the kitchen and asked to lick the icing beaters or the cake batter bowl, I was off in the nearest sun-warmed window reading books. It’s…
Have you a one-handed child?
This is the pinnacle of raising a family. This, right here. This thing that happened to me just last week. Technically, I suppose it happened to the entire family. It…
No Effin’ Brains
Dear Old Dude on a Bike: I recognise that you face many challenges every day. And I am sorry that you have faced circumstances that have brought you to this…
Grace
The sun crested the dry, brown autumn hills this morning and flooded my bedroom with a rich orange light. Clouds streaked with pink and crimson lay brilliant behind the skeletons…
Definition of Terms
As I was stewing this morning in the steam room, I thought of something. Or rather, something came to me. Or was revealed to me. Or whatever. I’ve been thinking…
TRANSFORM!
I think it isn’t so much like a transformation, actually. It’s more like a palimpsest. A dog-eared, loose-leafed unbound monstrosity that’s been erased upon so much the paper is balling…
Introspection
I started this post in an entirely different manner. Then I erased everything and started again. I don’t know why (or indeed if) that’s important. It seemed poignant. I am…
Stevedores, Justacorps, and les petits mots d’amours
Really, I just like things that rhyme. It’s been a rough summer. A gorgeous, beautiful, hot summer. But a rough one. I’m not much in to opening up. I’m sure…
Beware the Bandersnatch, my boy
I would make a shitty spy. Seriously. Espionage would totally not be my strong suit. I’d wriggle my way to someone’s baccarat table, receive a SECRET MESSAGE jotted on a…
A New Understanding
I don’t know what happened, but somewhere along the line, you lost interest. And that’s okay; it just means I have to rejig my understanding of us. Or rather, my…
Dream
I have just completed my second go at the Sage Hill Writing Experience. My head is too full of words and inspiration and creativity to say much about it here.…
Giving
Sometimes, I like to just sit and think about how there are so many words that people use incorrectly. This, of course, reflects on how, in English, we have words…
Be Precise
So you’ve heard about CERN scientists finding evidence that confirms the Higgs boson. This is huge news. Scientists have found a *new kind of particle*. I’m not going to talk…
Solar Powered
Not that this information is going to make a huge difference in your life, but it’s something you might find interesting. Or you may not. I don’t know. But. By…
Skin
I have had a Thought. It is a Big Thought, so I might need a bit of time to work this out. It started this way: Would you rather look…