The love of words
People sometimes say that names don’t hold meaning. That they don’t define you. But they can. And in the age of the internet, usernames are an opportunity to add meaning to who you are.
This has heart
But the heart it takes to share who you are, how much you’ve suffered only to be you, that’s something incredible.
Podlike: rumblings in here
This is the potential beauty of podcasts everywhere. This sudden light into the heart of someone else’s life.
Podlike: scrutiny in the house
…it somehow ends up in the middle of the digital era and leaves us surrounded by questions of privacy, individuality and public scrutiny.
Of fire and will: a letter for Lyra
Lyra is a thousand million types of wonderful. She’s wilful. She’s fierce. She’s a firebrand. She’s on fire. She is luminescent and wild.
Podlike: Paper radio & a prawn
There’s something timeless here. It’s not only the tale, but the way the tale has been edited and mixed. It sings and it stays with you. It left a haunting little place in my heart.
Recalling the yabby
Seeing that word gave me an immediate tap into a distinct childhood memory. A good tale, because, like so many good yarns, it’s tinged with a faint hue of horror.
Podlike: Neighbors & refugees
It is a deft and warm example of how storytelling can bring us close to the real humanity of an individual.
Podlike: the teaser
Listening to podcasts is usually such a solitary, close and personal thing. The people behind the shows put so much of themselves, heart and soul, into what I listen to.
On the act of writing
Run your fingers over the keys. Oh, let’s just call it what it is. Caress the keys. It’s a slow dance of creativity and love.