random asides

Dear Dad, Seven years. My daughter has grown from a mewing infant into the tall, gregarious child I see before me as I type this. In the same time that…

Dear Thirty Two,   I am going to celebrate you every day. Theme Song Required.   [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVg7mtgEqGY]

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This will be my sixth Father’s Day without my own dad. So, I did something yesterday to honour him. I chose six dads in my life who I admire. Whose…

Biennale is an Italian term for “every two years”. It’s funny how things like this crop up into my vision every now and then. It’s fitting then that I saw this…

“Discretion is the better part of valour”   My beloved friend and editor, Scott…quoted this in conversation with me this afternoon. I have a large amount of thoughts  whirling around…

You know the place. The place where your curious thoughts are confirmed as fact, and you find yourself agreeing with people you’d never expect you’d even know in life? Yeah,…

Look, it’s not about the past. The dancing under the bright lights that we were convinced were stars. It’s not about the tears wept over stupidities. It’s not about the…

I’m still here. Attempting to make sense of my inner monologue. It’s either too noisy to think, or too quiet to say a word.  

even if you’re alone, you’re not. even in your loneliest of lows, you are loved.  even in your darkest moments, there’s someone holding a candle for you.  you may not…