Dangling

I enjoy reading about words and phrases that exist in other languages, but don't have perfect English equivalents. It's a fascinating insight into what shapes the experiences of people in other cultures, and also sometimes helps me to think about things in ways I haven't done before. I read an interesting article a few months … Continue reading Dangling

You have the ocean

I'm very much a 90s child; I careened through my tween and teenage years in the last decade of the 20th century. Grunge and alternative music ruled the radio back then, which I now nostalgically regard as the backdrop of my adolescence. But in my heart, I was more of a Lilith Fair and Tori … Continue reading You have the ocean

I came to explore the wreck

I remember spending summers on a small island where my extended family members lived. Off one of the piers where we used to go, a ship had once wrecked. You could still see parts of the wood sticking up out of the water, blackened and weathered. As I got older, it started to disappear. The … Continue reading I came to explore the wreck