Tag: brain

I’m not afraid

I’m not afraid

How I wish that were true. Frequently I am afraid, and I loathe the feeling and I loathe myself for being afraid. I don’t mean watching …

 

Stripes

Stripes

“Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. …

 

Memory joggers

Memory joggers

As a young girl I could never understand how my mother could get the names of her children wrong. I am not Diana or Valentina. …

 

343 – Extra OK

343 – Extra OK

Monday. I hear from my sisters. Finally some doctor engagement, and Mum *finally* gets a CT scan. Something is amiss – something good. Mum has …

 

293 – Join the dots

293 – Join the dots

I really like how ideas are connected. Not necessarily networked, but there’s a thread between them. We were talking the other day about dreams and …

 

143 – He sailed past the ghost horse

143 – He sailed past the ghost horse

Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances … The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, …

 

010 – Brain haze

010 – Brain haze

I woke at 3am with a thumping headache. My automatic response was to get up, take some tablets, massage the nape of my neck and …