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  • A white dandelion with seeds blowing away, transforming into flying birds on a black background. The words Smashed Dandelions are written below in an orange, handwritten script.
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    Smashed Dandelions

    Books that hadn’t made it onto the over-burdened bookshelves were stacked around the room. Some lay open on the couch. Mary shoved them aside so she could sit down. Tim headed straight for the kitchen. “What’s this?” she asked as she flipped through some loose pages lying on the coffee table. “A thousand pages locked away. The butterfly escapes its cocoon. Who writes this shit? What does it even mean?” Tim took a deep breath and reached for the fridge. He needed a beer. The door was sealed tight and initially refused to give so he tried again with a bit more determination. His efforts dislodged a punnet of blueberries…

  • An illustration with the text A personal essay at the top and Competing Queens below. There is a tilted wine glass and a sword crossed over an abstract white shape on a black background.
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    The Queen of Swords vs The Queen of Cups

    I wrote an essay for a uni assignment just recently. It was a personal essay of sorts because it was exploring my motivations for writing, but it was very uni-fied. No, that isn’t a word, but it should be. You see, university changes people – usually for the better, but not always. For some of us it becomes an emotional battleground – the head versing the heart. Don’t get me wrong, I love going to university. I love that for brief periods I get to forget about my responsibilities and just focus on me. When I walk out the front door, the deadlock latches and the me that lives for…