With the Chinese New Year approaching, the year of the Wood Snake is coming to a close. Spring is approaching, and the year of the Fire Horse is about to begin. Wallace Stevens wrote, “Death is the mother of beauty”. Winter kills, so spring can bloom. The year of the Wood Snake sheds, so the…
When a Woman Goes Silent
Once upon a time, I was in a relationship where I was told how wonderful things had been the last 6 months, because we hadn’t argued about anything. He had a drastically different perception of the situation that I did. He thought that because I was quiet, everything was great. In fact, I had checked…

