The Old Skinny Woman by Arif Hossain SayeedThe Weight of the Well
Why do we assume that the passage of time is a forward motion, a river rushing toward a distant sea? Perhaps it is more like the circular rhythm of a hand-drawn bucket, rising and falling, tethered to the same earth, the same thirst, the same…
Christmas time in Hradec KrálovéThe Quietude of Presence
Epictetus taught that we must learn to distinguish between what is within our control and what lies beyond it. He argued that the man who concerns himself only with his own character and his immediate actions finds a freedom that the rest of…
Cooling Down by Leanne LindsayThe Mercy of the Mist
There is a particular kind of surrender that happens when the city heat becomes a physical weight, pressing against the pavement until the air itself feels thick enough to hold. In the middle of a Sydney afternoon, when the sun turns the harbor…