PinnedWhat Happens Next? Nothing and Everything.How do I recap a year that’s been so mercurial? How do I recap a year that existed beyond the filtered social media photos that we’re…Dec 22, 2022Dec 22, 2022
A revolution in a few wordsPoetry is usually met with a ‘oh wow, how indulgent’. I get it. We get taught in schools that poetry is the snack of the privileged, the…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
Do I need an agent?I see a lot of ‘if you want to be a published author, get an agent’ stuff on social media, and I have some thoughts..Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
Motherhood is a kind of griefOne day, I’ll tell you that motherhood is a kind of grief. You don’t need to know that now, but one day you’ll want to understand that I…Feb 1, 2021Feb 1, 2021
SevenAbout a month ago, I started noticing my eldest child more than I normally do.Feb 1, 2021Feb 1, 2021
A room of one’s own in a goddamn pandemicI might be losing the plot. Literally and figuratively.Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
When to say whenA long time ago, I was standing in the sunny garden taking laundry off the rotary dryer, and I saw her teeny socks hanging limp, dwarfed…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
The B Word“That child is being a bully. I’ve seen it.”, the parent says, defiantly, marking a child with that all-too-standard scarlet letter B…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Mother, interruptedI’ll be honest here and say that I never really wanted kids. Or a husband for that matter. Writing it down is only marginally better than…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021