I am part of history; I am allowed to and will make mistakes. - Angela Merkel - The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel At 30 something, you will leave your house bare faced. You will again have chosen to opt out of wearing make up. As you walk to the station, you will… Continue reading we have come too far by faith for this
Joshua was like one of those old knights who slept in their armor. He was always fighting. His sword must have been well hacked, and often must his armor have been blood-red. He had before him a lifelong enterprise. Such is the life of the Christian, a warfare from cud to end. As soon as… Continue reading a happy new year
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. - James A. Baldwin I have re-written this post a lot of times during the existence of this blog. You know the deal. You get into a relationship… Continue reading what i have learnt from love
Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day. - E.B. White, Letter to Mr. Nadeau I have been recently wondering, if this year is much like last year, what’s my coping plan? Another January has ended and we continue the march on into 2021.… Continue reading les miserables – on hope.
We didn't come this far to only come this far. This week I celebrated a great milestone in my life. I have officially been doing this lawyer thing for a year and that is no small achievement. There’s a scrawny younger me (in the pictures she’s in an oversized blazer) somewhere shocked and proud of… Continue reading fidem servavi – we have kept the faith
ode to the slut who doesn't fuck but still a slut for not letting him hit. Remember there are always two ways of looking at a condom in a wrapper, open your pussy and you won't find freedom. Close your legs and you won't find purity. - Alysia Harris, This Woman On Friday I was… Continue reading What’s in a woman (or Part II)
When I go, bury me with nothing but my own skin. I spent far too many days trying to outrun this thing called mine. - Anis Mojgani, Cradle One day i’ll publish a book. I already know the title of the book; it’s the title of this blog post. It will be a story about… Continue reading How to build a woman (or Part I)
How do I define history? It's just one fucking thing after another. - Alan Bennett, The History Boys One of my old managers used to love to run and exercise. I commented on this one day saying I would love to have her discipline. She snorted and said she had only started running again a… Continue reading this is what the ancients were commended for
We play with things You wanted us to treat as sacred. We run from things You wanted us to cling to. We make companions of those You told us never to embrace. We clutch in our hands what You wanted us to throw away. We throw away what You wanted us to hold fast to.… Continue reading love, but be careful what you love
and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid. So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive.- Audre Lorde There is another version of this week’s article floating in my drafts, but it didn’t feel… Continue reading to speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart – courage
after the wilderness 