There’s an excellent article on the prevalence of the trauma plot in contemporary literature in the January 3-10 […]
depression
So I’m lying in bed, unable to sleep. Some years back. And I’m thinking about money. Not thinking […]
I’m starting to grieve the idea of going back to normal. Not that I think ‘normal’—meaning the way […]
The truth is, we’re going to come through this four-week period of social isolation with flying colours, because, […]
Yes, I felt an overwhelming wave of melancholy as PM Jacinda Ardern The Magnificent announced, in suitably serious […]
I finally ventured out today. It’s hard to accept how much the world has changed in such a […]
My daughter (the second of four) asked me today whether I was afraid—of the coronavirus and the devastating […]
Our last coffee was had beneath the gaze of Mary, mother of Jesus, on December 17, 2018, some […]
It’s been months since Darlene died, and yet when I come across her words, such as those lingering […]
Burning Belly 