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The Sweetest Thing

In the daytime, she’s all GO – from the moment she wakes to the moment she goes to bed – flying, exploring, playing, & vocalizing – she’s gotta let the whole world know she’s alive! She’s a sweet little handful, & sometimes I struggle just to keep up with her. But at night, in the dark, she becomes another creature. She fluffs out all her feathers and crunches her beak in pure contentment before she finally tucks her head under … Read More

Fear of Starting

I have drawers full of notebooks, beautiful notebooks – with leather-bound covers, colourful covers, covers with intricate designs – all empty. I find them in shops, order them online, even make them myself, & how I enjoy collecting them, dreaming of all the perfect things I will one day write & draw in them – but that’s just it: “one day” never comes. Whenever I open to that first page, pen in hand, I freeze. That blank white page, so … Read More