“Jam Is Just Fruit That’s Been Remembered… or Forgotten” & Other Musings.
-foods that shaped your childhood
things to put inside your journal
Sometimes I think cooking is an act of evoking memories of our loved ones - on days when you’re alone, you make your mother’s favourite recipe she used to make when she was younger and you’re transported to a simpler time, when she was in the kitchen, surrounded by mess, but good mess, adding condiments all nilly willy to the huge pot of soup. and
... See moreAs for what I take notes about, maybe because I’m a fiction writer at heart, a lot of the things I notice have to do with language.
For example, if I run across an amazing name of a person or a company or a street, I’ll record that for sure. Likewise, if I’m reading a book or something online, and I find a sentence that's evocative or strange – or
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