Essay Rest
There is a funny little lie tucked into modern life, and most of us have been trained to treat it as common sense. It says rest is what happens after everything else is done. Which sounds reasonable until you notice that everything else is never done. There is always...Essay Rest
I have never fully trusted the word balance. It sounds too tidy, as though life is meant to sit neatly on either side of a scale and behave itself. Which is lovely in theory. Unfortunately, life has no interest in our theories. Life is usually in the kitchen,...Essay Rest
There is a kind of tiredness that sleep does not quite touch. I don’t mean the tiredness after a full day. That one can be honest, almost clean. You get to the evening, make something to eat, sit down, and the body says, “Right. Thank you. We are done now.” I mean the...