mainlining sugar
I’ve been mainlining sugar lately.
A scoop and a half of palm sugar in each of my three cups of French press every morning, two cups of deeply honey’d chai tea
moments
Little vignettes of present-day moments; diary-style happenings, observations, and ponderings plucked from the raw materials of my life. It's easy to think I have nothing of interest to write about, but this practice helps me find entire worlds of story, hiding in plain sight.
snipping the tips off my social media binkies
When M was a toddler, I weaned her from the binky by cutting the tips off each one. She was free to use them, but lost interest that very same day. Apparently, I
becoming honest & unafraid of my thoughts
Currently in a reading-everything-David-Sedaris-has-ever-written phase. Midway through a book of diary entries from his 20s. Why are the mundane events of someone else’s life so interesting? My eyes are opening to the
walls of conclusion
I do my best to cozy down into a ‘normal’ life situation...
Ya know, with love and cookies, and consistent bedtimes.
Date nights and planning.
Steady jobs with paychecks and insurance and stuff.