WE live in an age of unprecedented connectivity—and yet, perversely, it is one of detachment and isolation. Every day, we’re bombarded with headlines, pop-ups and perpetual newsfeeds - all of them screaming fear, division, and outrage. Mainstream media outlets, once considered to be trusted pillars of information, have become echo chambers of dread, broadcasting tightly …
Campfires and Redemption Two years ago, I was swamped by stress. Every day was a battleground on which I was relentlessly assailed by threats, conflict and emotional strain. Every day blurred into the one that followed, and I was fast running out of ammunition. Books and movies no longer entertained me—there was too much mental …
It was April 15, 2021 that I wrote and published my first blog post on here. I called it, ‘The Cheapest Form of Self Care,’ referring to the health benefits of journalling. It began with a confession: 'It's fair to say that diaries have never really been my 'thing'.' Oh, I liked the idea of …
Continue reading #100: The Cheapest Form of Self Care (Revisited)
My formative years coincided with the 1970s - no doubt the weirdest decade in human history. The nation’s economy was crumbling. We had blackouts, uncollected trash and silent factories - yet, for all that, we managed to finance and propel Concord into the skies of an indifferent world. In 1977 we had the monarch's Silver …
WRITING RECENTLY about my mental health crisis and the long, torturous path to recovery was challenging, to say the least. The story was raw, deeply personal, and not an easy one to share—or, I imagine, to read. So in this post, and as a postscript to my previous one — ‘The Raven’ — I’d like …
RAVEN MOON 