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Manic Music
I’ve been reading Julie Fast’s Book Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder and it’s brought back memories of my last manic episode and reminded me how precarious the line is between being healthy and being unwell. My intentions in reading it was to help a friend in need, which it has done, but it created almost…
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Happy Holidaze
Marshmallow snowman floats in a dreamy hot chocolate. He looks pretty happy. I wonder if it’s a bit like being in a sauna; somehow you feel it’s good for you, but it’s just getting a little too hot. That’s probably a pretty good way to describe my holidays – not the weather, because it is…
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Stitches Showing by Jenna Lasby
Originally posted on VAGABOND CITY: When I was four, I told everyone that my mother was a stuffed rabbit, but only because my father told me this himself. He is a toymaker, and the night after my mother died, he gave it to me and said this was her now. This was where she had…
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My Skin is Falling Off in Sheets
I had a dream in which I was under a waterfall and my skin was falling off in sheets, but instead of it being horrifying, it was a cleansing feeling. It was as if I was shedding negative thoughts and feelings. That’s where I feel like I am now, although it doesn’t come as easily…
