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The world is drained of its color

There’s a kind of tiredness that reaches the very core of your bones. It coils around your veins and settles comfortably in every free crevice it finds. If you don’t pay attention it can creep into your mind and make you emotionally and mentally tired. Once that happens it’s like the world is drained of its color and there’s nothing in it that can cheer you up.

Continue Reading 10 Oct 2017

The Snagged Doll

The Doll was like every other woollen doll in the world. She got out of bed every morning and did what she had to do. She watched closely what the Real Dolls did and mirrored what she saw. She laughed when jokes were cracked and held her head down when a sad news reared its head. She minded her Ps and Qs, she didn’t bother anyone and no one bothered...

Continue Reading 05 Oct 2017

I remember the girl who forgot...

They spoke often of her, of how she travelled lands seeking moments to collect. She walked backwards extracting footprints from the past. She stored memories in jars, filled pages with scribbles, and labelled pictures in ornate albums. At times, like beads, she strung these memories into beautiful necklaces; bright pink, calming blues, and fiery red made their way as the gloomy grays were left behind. And then, gently, she locked...

Continue Reading 30 Sep 2017

'Not all men'

‘Not all men’

Continue Reading 26 Sep 2017

My story

Growing up I don’t remember having too many clothes or shoes or accessories. But it wasn’t a point of sorrow for us kids because we had other things- books, road trips, train trips, good food, and… Sports. My father was and continues to be a sports enthusiast. He hates seeing us sit idle (it’s another thing that I still turned out to be a sloth, instead of a human). When...

Continue Reading 16 Sep 2017

'I WILL ADJUST IT?!'

Y’all asked for my awful but funny in hindsight eyebrow story, so here you have it.

Continue Reading 12 Sep 2017
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