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Jan 16

Be calm

Don’t get mad at me

Flash Fiction

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Be calm
Be calm
Flash Fiction

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Be calm

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Dec 25, 2022

A few things to learn about anger for those afraid of it. (From a recovering angry person)

1) anger is environmental- change the environment you are in or the people and suddenly you may realize you are a very calm person. 2) anger is about how we get mistreated. Being angry about the mistreatment won’t change the person or their treatment of you. People treat you based…

Justice

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Justice

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Dec 24, 2022

A Few Things to Learn about Anger for Those Afraid of It (from a recovering angry person)

1) anger is environmental- change the environment you are in or the people and suddenly you may realize you are a very calm person. 2) anger is about how we get mistreated. Being angry about the mistreatment won’t change the person or their treatment of you. People treat you based…

Relationships

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Relationships

1 min read


Dec 21, 2022

You Are Entitled to Ask for Pay Back: Here’s one of the many ways to ask

I have a little secret that I am going to share. No one has ever hurt me significantly, and the Universe did not pay me back in triplets. The secret is this little prayer: “Dear Universe, please deal with those who hurt me to the extent of their own intentions…

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness

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Dec 2, 2022

Insomnia, I love You.

I hated Insomnia for years, and now I can only pretend that somewhere in my hate, I began to love her. Maybe I still hate her, but I grew to love her predictable patterns. Her patterns repeat with such certainty, I think of her as war. I hated Insomnia for…

Sleep

6 min read

Insomnia, I love You.
Insomnia, I love You.
Sleep

6 min read


Oct 28, 2022

Don’t Play The Victim

“Stop playing the victim” “How do you always manage to play the victim” “I love that you don’t play the victim” “You are not a victim” You cannot scroll down any social media platform these days without reading all these statements and/ or common comments that are rooted in emotional…

Politics

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Politics

3 min read


Aug 2, 2022

The Man & The Apple Tree (Developing Story)

“I will never obey such a man. He tortures people.” I declared to my mother as soon as I got out of bed. She immediately asked me in her swift manner of distraction to look outside the window because there was a surprise there for me. …

Short Story

10 min read

Short Story

10 min read


Jul 26, 2022

The Dialect Spoke

The Dialect Spoke I love residue, she said. I love what lingers at the bottom of a dialect made of Silk Road remains and hand-stitched fabric of Old Testament spirituality diasporas, People pushed…

Poetry

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Poetry

1 min read

The Dialect Spoke

The Dialect Spoke
I love residue, she said.
I love what lingers at the bottom of a dialect made of Silk Road remains and hand-stitched fabric of Old Testament spirituality
diasporas, People pushed…

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May 1, 2022

Unresolved: Wandering with My Pencil and Pen (Habits of Writing 3)

I use a pencil to fiddle with the unexpressed. I use a pen to maintain what remains, the memories loved and the lessons learned. But, to reach a point of resolve and departure, I bend the genres of my writing tools, and I use both a pencil and a pen. …

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Unresolved: Wandering with My Pencil and Pen (Habits of Writing 3)
Unresolved: Wandering with My Pencil and Pen (Habits of Writing 3)

2 min read


Apr 14, 2022

Six Obnoxious Tendencies of Monolinguals (Parody)

They cannot understand that “correcting” someone else’s language requires verbal consent. So, for example, if a multilingual is telling you a funny story about a life event, don’t stop them mid-sentence to correct their pronunciation or choice of words. Unless you both consent to correct each other, no correction is…

Bilingualism

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Bilingualism

4 min read

Postcolonial Intimacies

Postcolonial Intimacies

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I write drafts of poetry and short stories about language, education, and war

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