press a fresh candle into the spent one’s quivering flame

and tonight, we chat

Hi friends,

I’m writing to you at the end of what has been an emotionally, mentally and physically challenging week. The good kind of emotionally, mentally and physically challenging.

I was on an online writing retreat and — aside from taking annual leave from my day job — around the 10-5 of our online sessions, everything else was as normal. I was still…