What makes you feel nostalgic? Why feel nostalgic in the first place? What’s the point? Those black and white slo-mo sequences of the house you grew up in, your mother holding you in her arms, your grandmother soothing your every ache, your grandfather teaching you how to read, write, and think, and see the world, … Continue reading A Nonchalant Approach →

You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? My daughter is still a teenager. Although sometimes it feels as though she’s still a child, which is a very good thing. Other times, she’s wise beyond her y(ears). 🙂 Most often the latter is true. Funny but true thing, the … Continue reading Dreaming Big like a Teenager →

Daily writing promptWhat relationships have a positive impact on you?View all responses When everything disappoints you, there's one corner of your world you can count on: your family. Not your next of kin, mind you. Those will either smother you with their love. Or just astonish you with their disappearing act. Some of your parents … Continue reading Family Above All Else →

What was the last thing you did for play or fun? When you lose someone close to you, blood, kin, your life stops having meaning, at least in the immediate sense. You stop liking to do stuff for your own enjoyment. You stop seeking entertainment or praise or having fun. Things that validated you, gave … Continue reading On Mourning →

How are you creative? I adapt to stimuli to fit in my changing environment. When for instance I am dragged out of my cozy abode to spend 3 hours driving on snowy, windblown roads fraught with seen and hidden dangers, just to spend time with the in-laws, I take a few spare winter clothes, my … Continue reading Darwin was Right →

Daily writing promptWhen are you most happy?View all responses If you live long enough, you realize how lucky you are to have a family and friends. But once you do, you also realize that you are responsible for their safety and joy. Soon thereafter you also understand that your happiness is incumbent to theirs. And … Continue reading Happiness as a Vicarious Commodity →

The most important invention in your lifetime is... Albeit in the case of the Internet, it turns out it’s more of a double edged sword. As for the lux meaning light thingie, one may say the Internet has revolutionized all walks of life and everything on Earth. I call bovis stercus on this bold claim. … Continue reading Fiat Lux! Fiat Internet! →

Do you ever see wild animals? Yes, I do. I see them all the time. Every time we go to work, we all see them. There’s 8 billion of us competing for a better job, better pay, more recognition, and more of everything there is. What else might we be reduced to if not wild … Continue reading A Shakespearian World →

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? There is absolutely no part of my life I’d like to relive. Regrets, I had a few, and some continue to linger. https://youtu.be/qQzdAsjWGPg?si=1B5hIUJO6U6Zv5pD But none are so heavy to make me want a do over. Life is meant to be lived at normal … Continue reading Regrets are not mandatory →