The Year of Observance

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The unexpected lightness of growing old.
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Dancing with my shadow.
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Writer by association.
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Life at a crossroads.
Hi. It’s been a while. More than a month since I last published anything here. I won’t resume my usual guilt trip or even venture an apology. Life just…
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Holding on to linden blossoms.
I’m writing this as I’m sitting on my office window sill, watching the world unfold outside and giving my brain a chance to breathe in between projects…
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Masters of absence.
The idea for this letter came to me as I was, once again, drowning in the guilt of not writing / being here more often. A guilt born out of absence, if…
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Dancing with my shadow.
It’s fascinating to watch how eager my shadow self is to come out at the slightest hint of trouble. To set the scene — my understanding of the shadow…
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Daydreaming on autopilot.
The older I get, the more I realize: life is the biggest carrot dangler of them all. I’m embarrassed to admit that I still fall for its silly tricks…
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Whatever gets you through the day.
I used to be a rather judgemental person. Who am I kidding — I still am, most days. Lately, it’s become more of a primal brain thing. It comes on…
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Living on the outskirts of empathy.
Is our heart made to hold pain other than our own? Maybe not, but it does it anyway. Being a highly empathetic person has been the sweetest blessing and…
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