Parrot Talk
We speak to get outside of our own heads. I don’t think it particularly matters if you don’t always have an audience.
In Which My Sister and I Try to Talk About Things Other Than “Lost”
“I feel like I’m going to listen to this and it’s just going to be a bunch of my disgusting chewing noises.”
The Promise
But here are the deer, following the prodigal pattern. And me—well, I’ve been watching from the window for them this whole time.
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[Found Sound]
“Have you ever been praying and all of sudden you wake up and you’re like ‘Oh I fell asleep, I was praying, sorry Jesus.’ A friend of mine said, ‘Don’t fret. That’s falling asleep on the lap of the Father.’ I’m like ‘Ha, yea, alright. Thanks for saying that.’”
Internal Dialogue
“I was always going to do the thing. You didn’t have to hound me like that.”
“Sure.”
Breaking Down Empty Boxes
I’ve crowded my life with empty boxes by comparing myself to other people and holding on to the idea that maybe one day I will be able to “fill the box” of what they have that I don’t.
Long Live the Dog Days
Dogs are an antidote to the barriers we set up as a culture.
It Started as a Joke
When everything you own is pink, excusing it as merely “ironic” becomes less convincing. No, you actually have to admit you’re fond of this obnoxious colour.
Porcelain Nightmare
I located the shutoff valve on the piping and gave it a twist.
A Moment of Silence
There are moments when silence is not the absence of sound. Instead, in those moments, silence is the space, the stillness, where the sound is heard.
