The Quiet Before the Noise
I woke up before the alarm this morning, which is rare for me. Usually, my day starts with a jolt—the hum of the refrigerator, the ping of a notification, the immediate mental checklist of everything I’m already behind on. But today, the…
Gold Standard, by Barry Steven GreffThe Heaven on Earth
Don’t we imagine heaven in our mind like this and that? Doesn’t it sooth our soul when we experience something nearer to heaven in our imaginative mind? Well it definitely does. The very picture of heaven in our mind is molded into the art…
The Weight of Softness
The smell of damp earth always brings me back to the underside of a leaf, where the air is thick and cool, like velvet pressed against the cheek. I remember the sensation of dew—a sudden, sharp chill that blooms into a slow, spreading warmth…