Tag: life

  • Playtime

    Playtime

    I do play in my daily life. The best evidence of this is video games, which I play to keep in touch with friends. I play saxophone and piano as well, though these sometimes can feel like chores, especially with the initial effort required to commit time to them. Writing is similar. I’m going to…

  • Challenges (are good)

    Challenges (are good)

    My biggest challenges are overthinking and yearning. I’ve been known to be the type to miss the forest for the trees or succumb to analysis paralysis, but here’s the thing: ignorance is a hurdle that needs to be smashed through rather than vaulted over: I’m never going to know everything I need/ought/should know for a…

  • Chastity Exercise

    Chastity Exercise

    No adjectives, adverbs, nor dialogue. Only verbs, nouns, pronouns, and articles. A child sits at her desk, peace enveloping her. She thinks this: the joy and comfort she’d feel snugging into an envelope then traveling the world swaying in a postman’s bag… Before her lies a stack a books: a personal journal, a story journal,…

  • The Winter Solstice

    The Winter Solstice

    From an instagram post sent to me by a crush:

  • When Happiness Arises

    When Happiness Arises

    I am most happy in a few circumstances. The first is when I have a big bowl of lentils ready to eat (see recipe) with a show to watch while I do so! However, probably the one thing that makes me the most happy is when I’m just poking around town spending time at coffee…

  • Directness is Kindness

    Directness is Kindness

    I learned today that directness is kindness. I’m tempted to couch this in writing that of course I knew this beforehand, but I don’t want to make excuses, especially because this lesson was learned in a new context: letting someone down. I’m referring to dating, as I just had a second date with a wonderful…