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Summer Reading: 5 books to rip through on holidays

There was a time in my life when the concept of “summer reading” was no different to any other season reading, with the caveat that during summer I had an added bonus: more time to be engrossed in…

Single mums in lockdown: my 5 tricks to make it bearable

Let me guess: how many sentences have you read in the past few weeks which contained the words lockdown, confinement, quarantine or social distance? 15? 80? 200? I will spill the tea: this post, which I hope you are about…

Mind wandering of a quarantined single mother

As I am writing this, all of us are getting used to living in a permanent state of collective shock, which has defined much of our everyday lives as of lately. I am no different to the shock. If you…

Dedicated to the dad-of-two I met on Tinder

Excerpt from journal. May, 2019 Unfortunately, I bumped into you in a phase when my wanker-detecting skills were rusty. My vulnerability had reached a new low, and my self-esteem was in a downward trajectory spiral. Had my mood…

Conversations over pillows

Intimate and cosy setting. What follows is the excerpt of a conversation; a random one about a universal topic. It could have taken place anytime, anywhere. The backbone of the story is irrelevant. It could have happenned to anyone: it…