Avoidance Therapy

May 10, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I just want to sleep. Situational, my therapist calls this type of depression. Saw my family doctor this week, and she confirmed that the skin condition could be cancer. At best, it is a rare condition that will need specialist care. It is both itchy and painful, but there can be no treatment until the […]

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #47: In-Between

May 6, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Shouldn’t be long,” I tell Ric before passing through into the rows of examining rooms. The receptionist who called yesterday, saying there was a cancellation, suggested this was just a consult and preliminary examination. My health has been declining since long before we returned home. The thing about having a chronic illness is that it […]

Monday Mood: rapt

Day three of rain. Feeling motivated to curl up with a blanket and heating pad and lose myself in a good book. Lucinda Riley’s, The Seven Sisters, currently has me rapt.

Colourless Expressions

Consciousness commandsa shift of focustired of the clash of coloursstimulation overloadmy muse is leaning towardsthe nuance of black and white A study of shadowsand shadingand how lightarouses the soul Speak to me in subtletiesshe whispersin tones suggestiveof hidden depthsI am listening And so I submerge myselfclear the palette of vibrant huesand take up the lowly […]