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I recently saw a painting with scribbled words (my favorite manner of words): “tomorrow will be the same but not as this is” (Upon further research: Colin McMahon was a New Zealand artist whose work often featured overlayed text <3) And so I wanted to type up an ode to 2023, just so I maybe one day look at this…

This is about rugby. For those who don’t know rugby, me too, but also, the aim is to score more tries than the other team. So, here we are, just Trying to Try! My dad, in his day, played some rugby in some semi-serious way and I remember, as a kid, watching him get frustrated with patchy replays on youtube,…

I think I hate my birthday! More accurately, I hate fear the way my birthday makes me think about whether I have enough friends or enough fun or whether I am doing enough to celebrate, even if it’s not how I want to celebrate! Like drinking a lot when I don’t actually enjoy how it makes me feel and laughing…

Maybe it’s just “Trying to Fit In at Twenty-Two” Or is it  Trying to “Find Home at Twenty-Two”? Create home? Become home? When I first moved to Auckland, it was midwinter. At least I was hoping it was midwinter and not the beginning of winter because it was so damn cold;  I couldn’t tell you how cold because I’m still…