Easy Mode

Easy Mode Sometimes my back pain makes it not fun to stand, and sometimes it makes it not fun to sit, and right now (let “right now” = the past couple weeks), sitting is the miserable one. And so I pace, or find things I can do either standing or reclining that are...

A map of a place I don’t know

Image: A turquoise door with an arch shape cut-out, through which you can see sky, the other half of the door is open to an outdoor courtyard… The places I don’t know yet Maps A map of a place I don’t know. Or: a map is a place I don’t know (yet). A map of a place I...

My life without memory

Image: thick frost on a blue wooden window in my kitchen My life without memory I have always left myself cryptic notes, even before the concussion. A devoted and forgetful scribbler of reminders, I exist in ADHD time: the thing that is right in front of me is either...
The Fluent Self