The Weight of Sustenance
Seneca once remarked that it is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. We often mistake the accumulation of things for the accumulation of life, forgetting that our true needs are remarkably few and easily…
Black-eared wheatear by Sarvenaz SaadatThe Weight of a Song
When I was seven, my grandfather kept a small wooden bird in his study that he claimed could hear the secrets of the wind. He would place it on the windowsill, and I would watch it for hours, waiting for it to turn its head or ruffle its feathers.…
The Weight of Waiting
There is a specific silence that gathers around a person who has spent a lifetime being useful, only to find the world has quietly moved on without them. It is not the silence of peace, but the silence of a tool set down on a workbench, waiting…