This morning I submitted an application to the University of Cambridge for an MPhil in English Studies. The screen says there are 85 days to go, but the screen lies. The deadline was today for the big scholarship for US students. There were a zillion little pieces, and some really big ones, like the 5-7K … Continue reading I did a thing
Tag: mental-health
Stages-of-Grief Pinball
It’s just over two weeks since I woke to the news that Trump and Vance won the election. Since, I can’t find the right verb for the velocity and force of my mood swings. Pinballing comes close in the painfully loud propulsion from one barrier to another. It’s not a precise metaphor. It implies one … Continue reading Stages-of-Grief Pinball