by Aquinnah | Apr 21, 2023 | Finding Home, Home
It feels like this post has been a long time coming. I attempted to write it last month, but the words weren’t ready, and where, a year ago, I would have forced them out, I decided to wait. To listen. To jot down a few notes and just allow. Last week, I deleted...
by Aquinnah | Feb 24, 2023 | Human Nature, Reading
I heard a beautiful allegory last week. It goes like this (the way I heard it). Long ago, the wind, resentful of the sun and his many loyal worshippers, challenged that fiery entity to a duel. “I am more powerful than you,” the wind claimed, “and I...
by Aquinnah | Dec 30, 2022 | Finding Home, Human Nature
New Year’s Eve, 2021. I was curled up on the couch with a journal and my favorite pen. Before me were 365 brand-new days of… something. I wasn’t sure yet. All I knew was that 2022 felt like my year. I’d learned so much and come so far, and now,...
by Aquinnah | Dec 17, 2022 | Human Nature
My mom passed away on Sunday evening. I’ve written those words down a dozen times now, and they still don’t feel… I don’t know. They feel real, but they don’t feel real. She’s still my first pinned contact. Still the first person I want to turn to and share a laugh. I...
by Aquinnah | Nov 25, 2022 | Writing
This piece was originally sent as my monthly newsletter for November 2022. Hello friends, Wow. This blank page has never looked more intimidating. I wish I had a “pretty” excuse for four months of radio silence, but the reality is that I have been grieving. This is...
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