There is a particular sensation that arrives when the things we trust most begin to falter. It isn’t panic at first. It’s dizziness. A subtle disorientation, like stepping onto a stair that isn’t there. The body reacts before the mind can name what’s wrong. Your chest tightens. Your breath shortens. You reach instinctively for somethingContinue reading “When Foundations Falter”
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Gathering the Remaining Gold
Every year, sometime in October, I begin listening for the soft, familiar call that whispers from the edges of the season. It’s a tug, a small invitation from the leaves that have begun to fall around me. I don’t gather many. Only the ones that seem to beckon, the ones that pause me in myContinue reading “Gathering the Remaining Gold”
Orchids that Smell Like Chocolate
There are orchids that smell like chocolate. I try to remember that on the days when the world feels too heavy to hold, when the sky turns midnight at midday. Somewhere, not far from here, a flower is exhaling the scent of sweetness into the air. No one may be standing near it. No oneContinue reading “Orchids that Smell Like Chocolate”