you know what they say
“one door closes, and another door opens.” “trust the process.” yada yada yada. i’m so sick of people telling me to look on the bright...
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Bits and Bobs
Words that come to me as they will.
999 paths not taken
i used to believe i could control my life if i tried hard enough. bend it to my will like god: the (un)kind of control freakery that’d...
reclaiming the right to say no
no was my first word, but it was stolen right out of my lips, flung to the bottom of an ocean where it would be swept along like...
wet season sunset patrol
sitting on the lanai as the sun begins its downward arc, feeling in command of my life. time oozing like manoa honey. the sun cradled by...
in my next life
in my next life, i’ll know never to do dinner on the first date moderate means republican and babies on profiles means they want kids...
architect
halfway through this year, the roof of my life came crashing down on me — i had seen the water stains blooming in fits and bursts, the...
myself, a cartographer of life
life is starting to feel like the hunger games — how bloodthirsty gamemakers shake the earth just to break lulls. i’ve been thinking a...
things i never thought i’d tell myself
unemployment looks good on you. you seem lighter now that the hammer’s finally landed on your head. no one chooses the earthquake, the...
what i want for my book
for it to go down easy — smooth jazz to the ears, sunshine in the throat. a sugar pastille to be sucked on slowly, until it dissolves in...
i know what i'd choose
some books are meant to be downed like a shot: lighter fluid that brings the room down blazing others are best sipped lest you read...
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