Paper Plate Dynasty

Last Hallowe'en, after yet another version of a "princess" costume got assembled, I suggested that she be a queen instead. For some reason it made me feel better. Why settle for princess when you can be a queen? I mean, if you are going to go trick or treating as royalty, you miles well go all the way! She agreed that a queen was way better and went with that. I'm not saying queens do not have their issues but at least they are less defined for us by popular culture and are more open to interpretation. This year, when she dressed up as a cat, I wondered out loud if she was a queen of cats. She dismissed this notion outright. "No way, I'm just a cat!"(Well, actually, she was going to be a butterfly cat but there were some technical issues) Put in my place, I realized with relief that the princess/queen spell had been broken and new ideas for costumes had finally deposed the monarchy.

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Writing it out.

Since 2020, I have written the following: -grandiose grocery lists (written on an empty stomach) that often end up getlting left behind at home -funding proposals -delicately worded emails -harried Whatsapp messages -a slew of facebook messages (that basically kept me alive) -a tinder profile or two... -utilitarian text messages -heart felt text messages -the very occasional love note (on paper) to a friend or a loved one The things I have not written since 2020: -a journal -a multi-page handwritten letter -a play -a sketch -a novel -more than 2-3 blog posts that I didn't even publish -a pros and cons list

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Shake your Bummy

In recent weeks, two things have come to my attention, this article by Mary Beth Williams, T he real key to good health and the viral hit created by Dr. Mike Evans, 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? Both coincided with when I was turning my attention to new years resolutions and reflecting on the year that was. Thanks to both, a reckoning came to be. Mary Beth Williams' candid advice was to get your heart stronger because you never know when you are going to need it. She herself has been receiving treatment for lung cancer. Dr Mike Evans' way of putting the exact same thing? "Try to limit your sitting time to 23 1/2 hours a day". In my day job, I sit a lot. I occasionally rise to retrieve something from the photocopier or to make a coffee, but an awful lot of the time, I'm on my bum. This is in steep contrast to my night job. At the end of the work day, occasionally in the middle, I have to burst out of the doo

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