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  • Slowing Down or Speeding Up

    I have a tooth infection, and the medication is slowing me down. It makes me feel a bit nauseas and it makes my limbs feel kind of sickly and sensitive. I can still move around, but I just move slower.… Continue reading

    Slowing Down or Speeding Up

  • The Sound of Natural Silence

    Though I’ve become accustomed to living in the city, especially after all these years I miss the sound of natural silence. That sound that you get when you lay out in the field, and it’s just the wind and the… Continue reading

    The Sound of Natural Silence

  • Absentee Note

    I was on a roll yesterday until I suddenly felt very drowsy at my desk, so I went and took a nap. And I woke up feeling terrible. And then it only got worse. So until 3pm, I was in… Continue reading

    Absentee Note

  • The Little Big List of Tasks

    Today I will be continuing to work through the task list that I wrote up yesterday. I didn’t finish everything, but I did finish quite a few of them and each time I looked over at the list, it reminded… Continue reading

    The Little Big List of Tasks

  • I need a nap

    Busy busy busy. That’s how it has been and that’s how it is going to be for a while. Probably until after the “holiday season”. My knees feel like they’re twenty years older than I am, and I just long… Continue reading

    I need a nap

  • Just Making Stuff Up: World-Building (at its most basic level)

    The main basics I cover when starting world-building is: who, what, where, when? Who are the people? What are the people? Where are they living? When is this? Now, let’s break it down a little bit. I’ll explore a bit… Continue reading

    Just Making Stuff Up: World-Building (at its most basic level)

  • Reasons Why I Stopped Reading So Much

    Today, the world moves at such a fast rate that I often feel the need to find things that are quickly consumable, whether it be food, TV shows or books. Five things happened at the same time when I moved… Continue reading

    Reasons Why I Stopped Reading So Much

  • The Right-hand Side of the Agenda

    I got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last night, and whilst I don’t feel sick, my left arm does feel like it was in a car accident that the rest of me wasn’t in. I’ve had a lot… Continue reading

    The Right-hand Side of the Agenda

  • Destiny’s Child sang it, so we should heed it

    I am a writer (what), I’m not gon’ give up (what)I’m not gon’ stop (what), I’m gon’ work harder (what)I am a writer (what), I’m gonna make it (what)I will write (what), keep on writin’ (what) The beat might be… Continue reading

    Destiny’s Child sang it, so we should heed it

  • I am on a 95 Post Streak

    If you go back through my posts, you can see where I was running out of time to get something written so I could have a post for that day. I think I made it to 20 posts and just… Continue reading

    I am on a 95 Post Streak