Letting Go of Your Mother “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest “How are you?” I asked. “Oh, fine, fine,” she said. Then: “Old. Old and brittle. Too old,” grimacing. Though a screen cannot compare to personal…
How Non-Issues to One Are Real Issues to Another “I am not young enough to know everything.” ― Oscar Wilde As I am writing down my thoughts and feelings, I am very aware of their insignificance in the big scheme of things. I wonder why I am writing at all. Surely, faced with climate change, natural…
How to keep rolling with the punches as time goes by “I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism. And to alter now, cleanly and sanely, I want to shuffle off this loose living randomness: people; reviews; fame; all the glittering scales; and be withdrawn, and…
Why would you want to be a writer anyway? “A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it” ― Roald Dahl Right after my Medium Milestone — my first 500 followers…
How ‘The Change’ affects a woman’s life I’m going through The Change, as is popularly said. Personally, I cannot help wondering what I am supposed to change into. In my 50-something years old life I have gone from infancy to toddler, from toddler to child, from child into adolescence, from adolescence into young adult, from…
How to reward yourself for a job well done “The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.” ― W. Somerset Maugham As a…