I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mistI kept calm and carried the weight of the riftPulled them in tighter each time they were drifting awayMy spine split from carrying us up the hillWet through my clothes, weary bones caught the chillI stopped trying to make them laughStopped trying to drill the safeThinkin, … Continue reading So Long, London
Things I wish I could tell you…
but your love bomb exploded. I wanted to tell you how dope my new supervisor is for asking me to pick out a mindfulness book for our department to read together and process during staff meetings. Or the stupid Taylor Swift paint night that I came across when I was looking for my own activity … Continue reading Things I wish I could tell you…
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. Robert Frost
The Return
Hello there. It's been awhile. I no longer am typing this out underneath the palm trees of South Florida. Instead, I am surrounded by the tall pines and maples of North Carolina. Greensboro to be exact. Mark and I packed up our poodle, cats, turtle, and all worldly possessions and arrived in September 2021. From … Continue reading The Return
Exasperated
Lately, I find myself in a constant state of exasperation. When I am talking with my husband, every other thought begins with something along the lines of.... "How can people be so __________?" "I just don't understand why it's so hard to _______." "It just doesn't make any sense." And if I am in a … Continue reading Exasperated
And they shall fall…
I have ties to the Lowcountry. Sometime in 2005, my in-laws moved from Boca Raton to Bluffton, SC. They were originally from Massachusetts. There is a term for this type of migration: "half backs". Bluffton is relatively small and sleepy - especially compared to South Florida. Things close early. Liquor isn't sold on Sundays. The … Continue reading And they shall fall…
Bookplate Worthy: A Review of The Midnight Library
I have a package of bookplates that sit in my dresser drawer. It is not an item I use with any sort of frequency, but I have recently encountered a book worthy of a bookplate sticker. By marking this book as ex libris, I am specifying that: the novel was thought provoking and engrossing;the author … Continue reading Bookplate Worthy: A Review of The Midnight Library
Emotional Intelligence
You/Youth
One of the greatest albums of the 1990s is Smashing Pumpkin’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and if you disagree, feel free to send me an email at sara@seferlover.com. A two disc spectacular of sun and moon, raging drums and guitar chords interspersed with melancholy/mellon collie melodies. My Discman played this album on repeat … Continue reading You/Youth
2020: The Most Extra Year
Dear Friends, Family, Hate Followers, and Strangers, To quote the Grateful Dead, "What a long, strange trip it's been..." Around this time last year, I was licking my wounds from a work fallout which would later turn into a work catastrophe. I was planning my first ever international trip (as an adult) to visit my … Continue reading 2020: The Most Extra Year
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