Jul 12, 2022Letters to Henry: Whisky and Dr. BeckyHello, son. Its been a long while since I wrote you a letter. Right now seems like a good time! I’ve had some time to gather my thoughts, release some pent-up feelings, but mostly I wanted to catch up. You are now nearly five years old! What a terrible rush…9 min read9 min read
May 27, 2022HOW TO BE WARM AGAINHOW TO BE WARM AGAIN She looked to the miles of blue stretched out below and breathed deeply. A strong pull of slightly salted air, cool and fresh straight into her constricted lungs. She took three more but exhaled them in extra long gushes as she had been taught in…7 min read7 min read
Feb 4, 2022WYD?It wasn’t so much the picture of a desecrated cookie/maladjusted croissant with Pom Pom hearts, or the term “Valentine’s Day” and all it’s commercial connotations, that caused me the most anxiety. It was the “wyd” so casually strewn across the sentence that made me squint, pause, think and wonder. As…2 min read2 min read
Jan 4, 2022The light waveredThis is no more than a recollection. It is not an expert recount of the nation’s politics. It is but a moment, now stuck in time. This was the day on January 6th, a year ago that something changed for this city, and indeed for the country. We had known…January 6 20219 min readJanuary 6 20219 min read
Sep 17, 2021Happy Friday, Mofo“Once I was crazy ‘bout a man.. he mistreated me all the time..” Bessie Smith crooned in the background. Outside a gentle rain fell, spotting the window. Inside a low voltage lamp cast a warm glow over a woman sat in front of dual computer monitors. She was dreamily scrolling…2 min read2 min read
Sep 9, 2021I am a person of colourSomething is happening in the world right now. We’re in a pandemic. We’re working in different, untried, and fraught circumstances. We suddenly have time and little to distract us from what happens next. A police officer places his knee on the neck of a black man and keeps it there…7 min read7 min read
Sep 9, 2021The giantMy father was a prominent figure in the small village by the sea. His stature, that of middling height bespectacled with a perpetual beer belly, belied his influence in the village. Despite the poverty into which he and his siblings had been born, he was one of the few locals…11 min read11 min read
Sep 9, 2021SummerI’m stuck. I wiggle my arm. Then yank it. But I’m well and truly stuck. I sit down and look around. The wire has tightened around the fleshy part of my arm and the fence stretches out endlessly. Someone will come along. I know it. …8 min read8 min read
Sep 9, 2021The endingThe world has surely ended. There is nothing but chaos and foul grayness. The smell of burnt rubber and dissolving metal, acrid and smarting, overwhelms my senses. I am crying, I think. My eyes are wet and hurt fiercely but I don’t want to touch them because my hands, I…7 min read7 min read
Sep 9, 2021The benchIt was a heartwarming picture; a man in his late thirties, a father, swung his young daughter into the air accompanied by her gleeful shrieks. He smiled as she frantically urged him to throw her up in the air again. …10 min read10 min read
