Tag: Long and short reviews
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There is one website I’ve been mourning for more than a decade now. I was on it between 2011 and 2012, and I still keep its ashes in a proverbial urn. 43 Things. Apparently, it was a nod to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Specifically, a reference to the answer to the Ultimate Question…
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We don’t have winters here in Guadeloupe. It’s a small Caribbean island of almost 400,000 people, affectionately called “Gwada” by the locals. We have two distinct seasons: the dry Carême and the wet Hivernage. But no matter the month, we have sun all year round and beaches on every side. One of my favourite places…
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Long story short: I want all the pets. In fact, in my imagination, I pretty much already have them. In my short stories, I vicariously own a whole barn, complete with goats, horses, donkeys, chickens, a cat, a dog, and it seems to welcome a new animal every so often. I love animals. In real…
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There’s a thread running through the majority of these memories, bear with me, you’ll see. First memory I’ll mention: my bike from my father. It had state-of-the-art spokes, the brand was Skyway, and it is, remarkably, the only gift from him I can remember. Someone in the neighbourhood was so jealous of that bike it…
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I don’t think my experience was unique, but I do wonder if it’s becoming a thing of the past. Bear with me; it’ll make sense in a moment. I grew up during the rise of manga like Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, and I deeply identified with the heroes and their superpowers. I kid…
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There’s a lot I wish I was better at. But to pick one thing in particular, I wish I was better at practical skills. It probably stems from how I feel about them. It’s a combination of them boring me, meaning I’m not interested in them, which then leads to me not learning enough to…
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Picture the scene. Paris, France, a very long time ago. My toddler self managed to find his way onto the balcony of our flat. I don’t know exactly which floor we lived on, but in my memory, it looked like maybe it was the fourth floor. Edit: Checked with mum, it was the second floor.…
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This is a truly worthwhile exercise; it takes me back. About a decade ago, I ran an experiment where I journalled five things I was grateful for every day for a while. It felt a bit artificial at the start, but by the end, I’d become much more genuine about it, and my spirits were…