Another horrifying video of the forced starvation being inflicted on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip was lying in my scroll feed for me to watch one Pisces moon Saturday evening. It made provoked two memories for me, which I initially thought were unrelated but soon discovered were intrinsically linked. The first was the … Continue reading On Call
One Sunday evening, a couple of months back, I began to experience shallow, laboured breathing. It was after a late night out with friends, and more pointedly, after a 6pm latte, (as you do when you live in LA). I thought I was just tired and needed to go to bed. That was the simplest … Continue reading Breaking up with Coffee
Dying for Sex, inspired by a podcast about Molly Kochan’s life, drops us into her world at a shattering crossroads: her breast cancer has returned, now stage four and terminal. Haunted by a childhood trauma from age seven that she’s never fully healed, Molly faces a fear greater than death—intimacy
Two years ago when my father declared that this international family holiday would be his last, I was devastated. I was stuck in the limbo of visa arrears which is a special kind of hell, if you are lucky enough to experience it. My entire family was planning to attend this Italian summer visit, including … Continue reading The Last Song of the Summer
In Greek tragedy we find a love story based on iambic trimeter, which by very definition, implies resolution. Astrologically we find Venus, planet of love, values and earthly pleasures ruling over the constellation of Libra, representative of the equality and balance that relationships must have in order to thrive, the six of pentacles, the give … Continue reading Love is the Sunrise
