Jul 6, 2021Hamburger SocksI walked into the room and there was nothing left. It was empty. Everything was gone. My footsteps made an echo as I moved towards the window to look down at the garden one last time. All I remember feeling was heaviness and fatigue. Turning around, my eyes were still…Hamburger4 min readHamburger4 min read
Jul 5, 2021Pnin — a Novel by NabokovWhen I was still a student at school (about a million years ago now), I read this book called Pnin, which is also the name of the main character. When my grandmother gave it to me, she said, “this is a book about a man with many intricacies and a…Russian Literature3 min readRussian Literature3 min read
Nov 1, 2020Just a Sunday nightAs a transcriptor for the deaf, I should know better. Here I am, at 6pm on a Sunday night, listening to my country music full blast with a headset. …4 min read4 min read
Oct 24, 2020Hi Jane,Hi Jane, How are you? I don’t know what I’m doing but I needed to write. I was sitting in a cafe, trying to write a song. We’re really behind for the next record and it’s stressing me out. 3 coffees in, and still nothing. And I saw this couple…2 min read2 min read
Oct 15, 2020Only in SilenceHave you ever heard silence? I mean the kind of silence that overwhelms you. A silence, which is almost divine, or sinister. A silence so powerful that you can only share it with people who are willing to listen. When I met him, I was waiting in the line a…Deaf3 min readDeaf3 min read
Oct 15, 2020Like Being in Love for the First TimeAs I listen to “First Time” by Lifehouse, I can’t help but write about what’s on my mind. It definitely is an appropriate song for what I’ve been feeling today. A fortnight ago, I had a dream about my first ex. My first love. My most innocent of relationships but…First Time4 min readFirst Time4 min read
May 8, 2020HollywoodDoes anyone else feel that the new series “Hollywood” should end with someone waking, realising the whole thing was a dream? I started watching it at the beginning of the week while working on my teaching material. At first, I didn’t mind the usual political correct elements because it was…Hollywood3 min readHollywood3 min read
May 4, 2020Building BlocksMe: Hi Doctor, can we talk? It’s late on a Sunday afternoon and I found myself deep in thought. I need to bouce of someone. Doctor: Of course. Let’s start with what you were doing when you started to feel this way. Well, I was reading a book. I’ve been…Thoughts6 min readThoughts6 min read
Apr 27, 2020Change is InevitableWhat was life before those pillar people? It’s not that you don’t have memories from before them, but you don’t actually know who you were. My sister said that to me the other day, or words to that effect, referring to a boyfriend she dated when she was 19. Of…Change3 min readChange3 min read
Apr 26, 2020The Mechanisms of Grief(this is why I don’t sip wine while listening to the playlist on my phone) Can you continue to think of and remember someone who died years ago? Does their own age make a difference? …Grief3 min readGrief3 min read