I used to be able to write whatever, whenever. I’d write every day. It was freeing. Satisfying. Cathartic. And it still is—sometimes. But it takes a lot more work to get there now.
Category: Essays
Book Reviews of My Latest Reads (Jan-Mar 2025)
Greetings, fellow readers! Here’s a quick-fire list of the recent books I’ve read (in a range of genres), with recommendations and honourable mentions.
Life Update (August 2024)
I’ve been a bit absent from publishing my writing, so I thought I’d share a quick update on what’s happening.
Turning 30
In three decades, I’d like to think I’ve learnt a lot. I’ve learnt to appreciate time, especially. To appreciate what we have, and what we don’t. To find friends, to leave places, to discover new beliefs, and to leave old ones behind. In cliches, it’s a journey. But really, for me, it has felt episodic in many ways.
Update
An update on our lives (and why it’s been so long since I last posted).
Other Side
Can we find rest
for our wandering hearts,
to be satisfied
in playing our parts?
Grain of Sand
Eventually the bridge will collapse and the car will break down. The child will grow and live and then die. The seas will wash away the land and the fish will bloat and float to the surface and the sun will burn their scales. Their bones will sink to the sand below and some day the water will brea
My Brain
My brain decided to distract me today. It told me a list of all the things I needed to do, so I wrote them down. Then it told me I didn’t ha
This is not a Rant
A perspective on the end-game with Covid-19 from a less politicized viewpoint, without appealing too much to empathy.
Hobbies at Home
Introverts, in a time of social distancing, it is people like us, in our little spheres of quiet, who must share our hobbies with the rest o