Metaliterature

The Body Keeps The Score by  Bessel Van Der Kolk In the twelve years since last I was on an official hiatus* not much has changed, but quite a lot has changed too. I'm still a teenager living in a middle-aged body, with teenage impulses and middle-aged responsibilities. However, there have been two additional children for example, and I now live in yet another culture desert, except this time two counties over. It's all been a bit overwhelming. So, after an eye-opening experience at a writing retreat and through contact with some pretty amazing people, all of whom are dealing with their own stuff (and indeed things), in a move that will come as a surprise, I'm sure, to several people (although none of them read this blog, of that I'm pretty certain), I'm taking off the rest of the calendar year 2024 to have a look through all that and decide just what it is I am doing and where I am going.** I am attending therapy - for what I have yet to decide - and I have come to