Mãe
Dezoito anos apenas,mal uma mulher quando eu tomei o meu primeiro fôlego,e ainda assim, ali estavas tu, firme,a segurar uma vida que se estenderia muito para além da tua.Desde o primeiro bater do… Continue reading
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Mother
Eighteen years young,barely a woman when I took my first breath,yet there you stood, steady,holding a life that would stretch far beyond your own.You have been there since the first beat of my… Continue reading
🎼🎶 I Kissed Trudeau (and I Loved It) 🎶
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? “Genie in a bottle, please help me create a parody song for Trudeau and Perry” ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ This was never the grand… Continue reading
Perrydeaux — Love with Bubbles
Some relationships are so unexpected they feel like a limited-edition champagne: fizzy, expensive, and slightly surreal. Enter Perrydeaux … the effervescent pairing of Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. It sounds less like a… Continue reading
Drama Empress!
Describe a family member. There is someone in my life who believes the universe orbits around her. She is small, fierce, and absolutely convinced that rules are for other people. When she enters… Continue reading
Sleep, of course.
What is your favorite form of physical exercise? They say movement keeps the body young,but I’ve found stillness far more efficient.My chosen sport requires no shoes,no stretching, no competitionexcept between the sheets and… Continue reading
The moon … Why?
How much would you pay to go to the moon? Somewhere in a glossy boardroom, a group of billionaires and scientists are squinting at a picture of the Moon, nodding earnestly, and saying,… Continue reading
Archeologist
What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? ***I believe I wrote about this many times but here we go again*** ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ In another life,I brush dust from the edge… Continue reading
The reverence of food
What food would you say is your specialty? Food in my family isn’t just sustenance. It’s the gravitational pull that keeps everyone from floating off into their own orbit. Every memory I have… Continue reading
I remember 9/11
What major historical events do you remember? I remember. It was just after a night shift,my world still hazy with half-sleep,the sun leaning through the window in the quiet way it doeswhen nothing… Continue reading
The Chronicles of Mounjaro and the Holy Book of Lilly
Week 18. Third dose of 7.5 mg. Twenty-four and a half percent of my body weight gone. I should be dancing on a table somewhere, but instead I’m standing on the plateau of… Continue reading
Rebooting …
What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to? There are moments when the air itself feels like a door,open just enough for the light to whisper, come… Continue reading
My word…
What are you most proud of in your life? I have built my life on what cannot be bought,my word, my promise, my willingness to keep goingwhen no one is watching. I have… Continue reading
Health…
What have you been working on? I rise in quiet defiance of yesterday’s inertia,the gentle pull of comfort that once kept me still.Now there is movement, deliberate and imperfect,a heartbeat remembering it was… Continue reading
My life…
What’s something most people don’t know about you? Many think they know me,from a handful of gestures,a few well-timed silences,a name that fits neatly in conversation.They know the photographs,the words I’ve allowed to… Continue reading
The Lazy Daily Prompt!
Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive? Let’s dismantle the myth of the lazy day, shall we? That strange little phrase that’s been used to shame people for doing the very… Continue reading
Successful!
When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? Success is not a mountain with one glittering peak,it’s a field, wild, uneven, full of small,… Continue reading
The good neighbour!
What makes a good neighbor? Behind their curtains, lace and lore,They stand on duty by the door.Tea in hand, one eyebrow high,Surveying traffic, clouds, and pie. They know the bin days, council schemes,The… Continue reading
First times
What could you try for the first time? There is a first time for everything…a thin line between what I knowand what waits, shimmering, just beyond reach. I want to feel the world… Continue reading
Hard work
What principles define how you live? Grit. Sweat. Hands blister,But the seed is buried. The buried seed strains upward,Its hunger made of sunlight,Its faith, of dirt. The dirt remembers footsteps,Each print a promise… Continue reading
The evolution of god
What have you been putting off doing? Why? I was born into Christianity, christened in the Catholic Church and later baptised again, this time by the Latter Day Saints Church (aka the Mormon… Continue reading
The eternal fire
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? There’s a boy who still lives inside me,barefoot in memory,wild in spirit, like a bonfire in a foggy day,his… Continue reading
Teach to build independence
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? Give a person a fish,and their hunger will quiet,a brief peace,like rain on dry soil that never soaks… Continue reading
I try even in failure
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. If success were certain,it would taste like dust …fine, predictable,without the grit that gives it meaning. We are born into uncertainty,soft… Continue reading
Studying later in life
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? I began again when most were already going,nearly thirty years old, standing on the edgeof what people call too late.But I was done… Continue reading
The hidden artists
Who are your favorite artists? If we think art lives only in galleries, framed and signed, we may be missing the greatest exhibition of all time. Every second, all around us, a vast… Continue reading
Thinking…
What is your favorite hobby or pastime? Thinking is a quiet rebellion.It is the stillness that hums beneath all noise,the small spark that refuses to go out,even when the world drenches itself in… Continue reading
Starting again!
What would you do if you lost all your possessions? Losing everything hurts. There’s no graceful way around it. The shock of it can hollow us out, the silence after the storm when… Continue reading
Adaptability
What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? I change my mindthe way a chameleon changes its colours not out of confusionbut because light keeps shifting What I believed yesterdaywas… Continue reading
Out-of-Placeness
Tell us about a time when you felt out of place. I move through rooms as though I were transparent,voices circling, laughter landing,and still I stand apart. Every place has its rhythm,a current… Continue reading
Life Without a Computer
Your life without a computer: what does it look like? I lived in days when thought was not typed but written,ink soaking into paper,letters carrying the weight of waiting. I lived in maps… Continue reading
Violin
What skill would you like to learn? The violin waitslike a voice in another room,its wooden body holding storiesolder than my hands know how to carry. My grandfather’s bow once carved airinto something… Continue reading
Living more!
What details of your life could you pay more attention to? The hours lean heavy,stacked like stones along the day’s edge.I walk among them, steady but worn,my hands full of tasksthat do not… Continue reading
Holding the boulder in balance!
What’s your #1 priority tomorrow? Tomorrow will not be an ordinary day. It carries with it a mix of urgency, responsibility, and a quiet ache in the heart. My dog, my loyal companion… Continue reading
The myth of hard work
In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled? Not all work is good. Not all effort is noble. Sweat can be wasted. Pain can be pointless. We are told that labour… Continue reading
Kyr STaRMaa and the Kingdom of the Digital ID
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? The biggest trait I must have is patience because these questions just are so repetitive, and very annoying now. So instead I’ve decided to write… Continue reading
Guardian of Memories
List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter. If resources were unlimited,I would listen to the voices of manuscripts,the crumbling ink of ancient records,reminders of our ancestors existence …and I would… Continue reading
The Tapestry of my Multi-ethnic Ancestry
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in? When I pause to think about what I am most proud of in my cultural heritage, one truth rises… Continue reading
Just Be …
What brands do you associate with? Being Human No logo can hold it,no fabric can carry its weight.It is stitched into breath,woven through laughter and hesitation,etched in the tremor of handsthat reach for… Continue reading
Sleep
What could you do more of? Drift. Eyes close,Shadows gather. Shadows gather softly,Dreams unfold in secret,Breath becomes tide. Tide rocks the body,Night weaves its quiet net,Thoughts dissolve like salt,The dark grows kind. Kind… Continue reading
The “Bestest” Advice
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? I was told once“do not sit too long in the shadows of your errors”.The ground beneath me does not ask for permanence,it only asks… Continue reading
Things That De-Energise Me (Because I’ve Got More Than Enough Already)
What things give you energy? When people ask what gives me energy, I always laugh a little. I could spin out a blog full of psychological theories, sprinkle in something spiritual about “inner… Continue reading
The Gospel According to Madonna
What’s your all-time favorite album? There are albums, and then … there are Albums. The kind that do not just play through our headphones, but echo through our memories, our mood swings, and… Continue reading
The Truth Is Out There… Somewhere
Which topics would you like to be more informed about? I search for wisdomin a world where every answerhas a biased sponsor,and even gravity feelslike it might be monetised. The oracles have gone… Continue reading
Without Music
What would your life be like without music? Music is the invisible architecture of the mind,a language older than words,a pulse that reminds the body how to move,how to breathe in rhythm with… Continue reading
A Holiday in Every Day
How do you celebrate holidays? I rise as though the morning is a festival,the quiet hum of a song trailing behind my thoughts,a rhythm soft enough to guide,bright enough to remind me that… Continue reading
The day my Molotov Pudding … Deflated
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. Every Christmas, I dare to bake the mother of all desserts… the Molotov pudding. For the uninitiated, Molotov is a towering spectacle of egg… Continue reading
Chronicles of Mounjaro and the Plateaus of Tirz
Week 13. Lucky so far. I’ve stumbled into a chapter of an ancient scroll no one wanted to read: The Plateaus of Tirz. A barren, mysterious land where progress slows, cravings start whispering… Continue reading
School: A Masterclass in Uselessness
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. Ah, the school system. The grand institution where we spent years of our youth being force-fed subjects so profoundly irrelevant to real… Continue reading
The Table of Becoming
What are your favorite types of foods? There is a table within uslaid not with silver or linenbut with the quiet offerings of life itself. A bowl of oranges, sunlight held in rind,reminds… Continue reading
Steps for life …
How often do you walk or run? Every day begins and ends with footsteps,soft rhythms beside the dogswho know, as I do,that walking is more than movement;it is breathing with the earth. I… Continue reading
Different…
Do you see yourself as a leader? I move where the world does not notice,a quiet current beneath the surface of things.Not a leader, not a follower,but a presence that slips between the… Continue reading
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What’s your favorite word? It bursts into the room like a confetti cannon,a word so oversized it hardly fits in the mouth.Children lean forward, eyes wide,as though someone has just opened a secret… Continue reading
Working
What are you doing this evening? Work. Weight. Screens glow,Eyes sting. The sting becomes blur,Blur knotted with numbers,Time dissolves in reports. Reports pile into towers,Towers of paper and silence,Silence sharp as glass,And still… Continue reading
The Chronicles of Mounjaro: The Wardrobe Strikes Back
For those who have ever experienced weight fluctuation, you know exactly how hard it feels to not be comfortable in clothes that are either too big or too small. Wardrobes are this everlasting… Continue reading
The judgements we hold
What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you? When I read today’s prompt, something got triggered in me. I sat on this question all day … partly because my work… Continue reading
Slow revolution
Describe your ideal week. People are busy these days and that is factually unprecedented. Before the onset of smart technology, endless emails and work on the go, people took their time to do… Continue reading
Stardust and Legends
Name public figures you find inspiring and why. When life feels a little grey, sometimes the best thing we can do is look to those who have turned their challenges into fuel and… Continue reading
Just for now …
How do you relax? Close your eyes.Breathe deeply.Let the world be elsewhere for now. There is no urgency.The phone does not need you.The dishes can wait.The messages will keep. Relaxation is not something… Continue reading
Perfect
If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? Words are not guilty.They do not rise from the page with malice,nor do they fall from lips… Continue reading
Farage in La-la-land: Through the golden glass.
Ah, Nigel Farage. The man who manages to stumble into the spotlight like a drunk uncle at a wedding, clutching a pint of lukewarm bitter while shouting half-baked nonsense that only makes sense… Continue reading
The power of the grudge
Are you holding a grudge? About? Let’s be honest: some of us are Olympic-level grudge holders. Not because we’re bitter by design, but because our finely tuned radar for nonsense doesn’t let certain… Continue reading
Into the unknown
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. I was barely an adult when I boarded an aeroplane for the very first time. It was early 90s, and everything about… Continue reading
Chronicles of Mounjaro and the Half-Blood Sister
If you live in the UK, then you must have heard about the Mounjaro saga, a story of greed, drama, and waistlines shrinking faster than Eli Lilly’s credibility. The pharmaceutical giant, in all… Continue reading
The dream home
What does your ideal home look like? Sometimes I catch myself daydreaming about the home I wish I lived in. It feels so vivid in my mind that I can almost step into… Continue reading
Happiness in others
What brings a tear of joy to your eye? I watch it unfold,a moment that does not belong to meyet somehow settles inside my chest,like light spilling through a windowinto a quiet room.… Continue reading
To think and live…
Why do you blog? I blog because silence feels heavyand words are wings that refuse to be folded. I blog because thoughts scatter like sparks in a dark room,and I need a place… Continue reading
Interviewing myself…
Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses. When we think of interviews, we usually imagine them as conversations with others:… Continue reading
Like an old book
How are you feeling right now? Today, I feel like an old book. Not the pristine kind that people wrap in plastic sleeves and whisper about at auctions, but the sort with a… Continue reading
The Disney movie that broke the Magic (Sort Of)
A few weeks ago, I wrote about one of my neurodivergent adventures; a hyperfixation that had me building a small nostalgic DVD collection in a matter of weeks. Think Disney classics, the sequels… Continue reading
Walking alive
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? Each morning,the world opens like a quiet page,and I step into it with paws beside me …a rhythm of trust,a companionship… Continue reading
Chronicles of Mounjaro and the Reign of Fire
What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it? Well, congratulations Eli Lilly. Truly, bravo. If there were an Olympic event for corporate self-sabotage, you’d be standing… Continue reading
The question that really pisses me off…. published by Stupid.
What TV shows did you watch as a kid? There are some questions in life that expose not just ignorance, but a certain breed of privilege so thick it could be bottled, branded,… Continue reading
Chronicles of Mounjaro and The Radioactive Prince
So here we are again. End of month two on Mounjaro. Week god-Knows-What. And friends, let me tell you… if Month One was a gentle glide down the metabolic slide, Month Two felt… Continue reading
The Silence
What’s your favorite time of day? The world loosens its gripwhen I step away from the noise,when doors close softly behind meand I return to the gentle companyof my own thoughts. Here, time… Continue reading
Oh, Where Do I Begin…
What’s your favourite recipe? Ah yes, today’s prompt: “What’s your favourite recipe?” Because naturally, I spend every waking hour ranking my recipes like it’s the Michelin Guide meets Bake Off with a dash… Continue reading
Excitement is overrated
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. Excitement. The very word is drenched in fireworks, rollercoasters, and breathless anticipation. It conjures up the accelerated heartbeat before a leap, the dopamine… Continue reading
The natural city
How would you design the city of the future? There is a city where walls have never risen,where no roof interrupts the sky,and the horizon belongs to everyone. It is small,but spacious in… Continue reading
Name as symbol
Where did your name come from? Before I had words,there was only breath,a sound broken free in the air,a shape made for meand no one else. My name is a vessel.It carries the… Continue reading
The art of moving forward
What motivates you? Oh, motivation! The old maggot that burrows through the rotten fruit only to emerge as a beautiful flying sprite. There’s something almost intoxicating about progress and transformation. Humans are particularly… Continue reading
Guess some movies that inspire me…
What are your top ten favorite movies? The lights dim,and I am carried away. A machine of brass and gearsturns the centuries inside out,and I learn that tomorrowis always shaped by today. Today… Continue reading
… Using pen and paper – outrageous, right?
What do you enjoy most about writing? In a world where “writing” usually means frantic typing, swiping predictive text, or letting AI do the heavy lifting (hi ho hi ho), I find joy… Continue reading
Losing my religion … and finding Life
I was raised in a guilt-driven religion where virtue was measured in teaspoons of shame and the mandatory public confession. Childhood in that environment was like living in a permanent game of “Don’t… Continue reading
The city…
What do you love about where you live? I love this city,not because it is polished or dressed in glass,but because it breathes in a way I know …a rhythm carried on the… Continue reading
Fuck Toxic Positivity
What positive emotion do you feel most often? Be happy, they say.Manifest the light,think positive,smile until your cheeks ache,bury the shadows under pastel quotesand mugs that scream “be happy and carry on.”Fuck off… Continue reading
Routine is my map …
How do you plan your goals? I do make plans.Of course I do … Sort of.Well, every day is lined up in neat, repeatable rows,like the same Disney parade that rolls through the… Continue reading
The emergency plan … Or something like that.
Create an emergency preparedness plan. Step one:Do not panic,unless panic will get you to the door faster.In that case,panic with purpose. Step two:Locate the essentials …water,keys,a snack you once promised you’d save for… Continue reading
Hollow words
What is a word you feel that too many people use? They say lovelike handing out counterfeit coins,bright enough to fool you under certain light,soft enough in the palmto almost feel real …until… Continue reading
From singing sparrows to slicing stereotypes: The evolution of the Disney Princess and the impact on modern Womanhood
Once upon a time, in a kingdom suspiciously lacking in labour laws or feminism, there lived a cluster of princesses. They sang with birds, baked pies, kept the house clean, and dreamt of… Continue reading
Peace
What brings you peace? Quiet. It settles in,like dusk on water. Water carries the day,each ripple a memory,none heavy enough to sink. The sinking sun dissolves in gold,your breath meets the night without… Continue reading
The hands that feed us
What profession do you admire most and why? Beneath the weight of sunrise,there are hands already working …hands pressed to soil,hands steady over knives,hands that guide the slow breath of animalstowards the gift… Continue reading
Magic mirror in my hand
If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? I’ve always wondered … when people look in the mirror, what do they actually see? Is it the faithful, unfiltered… Continue reading
Memories I carry…
What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time? I carry my memoriesas if they were glass vessels in my hands … clear, fragile, irreplaceable. They are the architecture… Continue reading
A return to acceptance
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? When I think about the one change I would most love to see in the world, whether through… Continue reading
My Disney unhinged journey
It all started innocently enough. There I was, minding my own business … a noble and virtuous citizen engaged in the time-honoured ritual of tidying up. And that’s when it happened. From a… Continue reading
Me across the multiverse
Describe your life in alternate universes. Across the infinite veils of what might be,I scatter …fragments of a singular soul,each version a flicker of the same enduring flame. In one world, I walk… Continue reading
The Priceless Power of Giving
What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on charity donations? Was it worth it? In my day job, I have the privilege of working with individuals living with severe multi-level disabilities caused by… Continue reading
The Rat That Broke the News
Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that. Ah, Yorkshire … home of the Brontës, lush dales, proper tea, and apparently, mutant rodents… Continue reading
Ode to my Stomach – the dishes from my childhood
List 30 dishes that make you reminisce. The feast from Portugal There’s a kind of joy that begins with bacalhau à Brás …egg threads tangled like golden thoughts,salted cod whispering tales from the… Continue reading
Me time…
Describe one habit that brings you joy. In a world obsessed with productivity, networking, and the questionable concept of “group brunch”, there is an elite circle of humans who have unlocked a secret… Continue reading