Why aren’t air filters biodegradable? The wide variety of small filters that go in air purifiers, the large flat ones that go wherever there are air ducts, the ones for cars. They’ve all gotta be changed consistently anyway, but they just get thrown away. What’s the point of having air filters if they’re just going to contribute to dirty air in the long run? Yes, I’m familiar with dust.
Author: Eva
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No reading goals for 2021
I’m not doing a reading goal this year. It never works for me and takes the fun out of reading books because it always feels like I have to. Yuck!
I don’t know who else struggles with this, but with my ADHD, it’s really difficult to finish books. Most books can’t keep my attention for more than a chapter, and I end up starting dozens more than I finish.
That said, I didn’t read many books in 2020, but here were my favorites:
- Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson – witchy in all the right ways, although it left me with a very creepy and visceral image of mushrooms. I read this months ago and I’m still creeped out.
- The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3) by Maureen Johnson – I really loved this series and the final book tied it all together.
- How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones – I listened to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. You know when people say, “Jesus Christ, read a book!” to signal that you need to broaden your horizons? I recommend this one. It’s gay, coming of age, historical, and immensely visual. I remember this book like it was a movie.
- A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott – so many red flags, such romance, and terrible drama! I never read Little Women but I bet it’s nothing like this one.
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It’s Halloween Again / weather’s acting up
It's a half-open otherworld lately.
Misty metallic air, an atmosphere woven with ghosts.
Rain's electricity fragrance.
It's Spring, though. Says so right here.
The weather even searches for softball.
Pull a tarot card.
Candles puff their ominous orange flowers
There's a twinkle in the eye of every pond
glitter in the inhale
exhale
of dusk and dawn
and all of us can fly.
Trees crack their backs and
All black cats can talk.
Birds chirp.
Your window opens. -
Plants dance
The upstairs neighbors upset me from time to time, with loud bangs and scraping. But I’m on the top floor. Sound carries in weird ways which are annoying all the same.
Four young plants moved into the apartment a few weeks ago. One’s called Monstera Deliciosa and I can’t wait for it to sprout holes in its leaves. I check as often as possible, hoping to catch a leaf breaking the moment it happens. [it’s very possible it doesn’t work like this]
Another plant lifts up in the morning with the sun, then shrugs when the light goes behind the buildings. Weird. Plants dance.
It must’ve been about the book the last time I wrote here. I gave up on poetry at some point last year, or gave up trying to make other people read it. Or gave up on making money. I’m trying to give up on every aspect except making them. See how much I’ve changed? I’m easy-going as a houseplant.
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YOU vs. ME part 4: BEHIND
Click on the cover or right here to read part 4
“Behind” is the final chapter of the four-part poetry series, You vs. Me. It’s angsty. It’s full of rage and bitterness. It’s the true spirit of You vs. Me.
Other titles in this series:
Part 1: Honestly
Part 2: You’re Better Off
Part 3: Leaving Everything
Buy the book hereThank you for reading,
Eva -
YOU vs ME part 3: LEAVING EVERYTHING
Click on the cover or right here to read part 3
“Leaving Everything” is the third chapter of the four-part poetry series, You vs. Me.
Other titles in this series:
Part 1: Honestly
Part 2: You’re Better Off
Part 4: Behind
Buy the book hereThanks for reading!
Eva -
YOU vs. ME part 2: YOU’RE BETTER OFF
Click on the cover or right here to read part 2
“You’re Better Off” is the second chapter of the four-part poetry series, You vs. Me. This chapter was originally going to be a stand alone chapbook called “Almost Love Poems” but I decided it needed to be part of a larger story.
Other titles in this series:
Part 1: Honestly
Part 3: Leaving Everything
Part 4: Behind
Buy the book hereThank you so much for reading!
Eva


