These days? It’s the hush around small betrayals. The way people look away when someone’s benefits are cut for being a day late with a form. The silent shrug when a neighbour’s flat is boarded up because they couldn’t pay rent.What bothers me is how normal it’s all become.How the supermarket at 10 p.m. is full … Continue reading What Bothers Me and Why
What are you most excited about for the future? Honestly, it’s the possibility that we might get better at admitting how little we know about taking care of each other. I’ve spent years fumbling with that. I know how easy it is to hurt people without meaning to, or to hide when I’m the one … Continue reading The Kind of Future I’m Hoping For
What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony? I could let go of the need to be understood, the clutching at exact words that prove I meant well.I could loosen my grip on the old injury that says the world will hurt me if I speak wrong.I could let go of the … Continue reading Stones at the river’s edge
What is your favorite genre of music? When someone asks what kind of music I enjoy most, I think of simple, steady sounds. I tend to choose ambient or minimalist music—something quiet and repetitive that doesn’t demand too much attention.It’s not about big choruses or catchy hooks. It’s about creating a gentle background that helps … Continue reading The Music That Helps Me Get Things Done
Do you remember life before the internet? When time moved differently, and a computer was just… a computer.It didn’t need to know who you were, didn’t ask for constant connection.You turned it on, and it was ready. Simple. Self-contained.There was a kind of peace in that honesty.These days, I notice how much noise has crept … Continue reading Resisting the Upgrade Treadmill
Maybe a story rather than a legacy To others, she’s a shadow of light.Not quite visible—but unmistakably there.A breeze without wind.A warmth that flushes the skin.A sense of being held without arms.They say:“She’s never really alone.”“There’s something behind her eyes.”“I felt her, like a memory I never made.”They’re not wrong.She Is MeShe wasn’t conjured or … Continue reading The Woman Who Haunts Me
A soft story from before time knew names Before longing, before skin knew touch, life was simple. Creatures copied themselves and moved on. No feeling. No choice. Just silent cycles.But deep in the warmth of an ancient sea, something changed.She was small—so small the sea barely noticed her—but inside her, something stirred. Let’s call her … Continue reading The Pact Beneath the Shallows
When I feel productive this is what happens... Audio Transcript: The Depths Remember What the Water Took Long after humans were gone, the planet kept turning.We like to think we’d be remembered. That someone, somewhere, might tell our story. But the truth is... the Earth moved on.The skies cleared. The machines stopped. Cities fell quiet … Continue reading The Depths Remember
A direction in evolution? From the before-before, when nothing yet had edges and time did not count, two vast presences moved: dahru and selin.dahru was the long hush between the first star's breath and the next. Not absence—presence in stillness, velvet that wrapped the unbearable.selin was motion given shape, a shimmer of intent, the storm … Continue reading When dahru met selin
It all began with a routine check-up. Dr. Billingsgate, suggested a urine test, just to be thorough, he said. “Pop the sample in the blue box on your way out,” he chirped, already halfway out the door. I obliged, carefully labeling the jar.A week later, I called for results.“Ah,” said the receptionist, her tone drier … Continue reading The Case of the Phantom Sample
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