Author Archives: Jessica Coles

Treating a sugar rush like a solution Comments Off

In times like these, the weariness is passing into something like resignation, which I keep insisting is acceptance. And you, who know me or don’t know me or find here some circumstance that perhaps coincides with a moment or your lifetime, are not sure how either of us ended here. The plan falls flat like [...]

Connecting 2

We sat on the balcony, my words and I, tossing back ice-cold cider and summertime snacks. Sweating bottles and sweaty temples, the sticky sun crisping our stomachs and toes. We chuckled into the silence of crows and sparrows and magpies and bees. Biding and buying time. Stocking up against the autumn staring into the corners [...]

Things my husband has said #47 1

“The single best way to deal with a bossy person is to find a bossy person you agree with most of the time.”

On dead celebrities 5

So there I was, not thinking about actors or pop icons. And now, I am. But only because it’s so fucking surreal that I should care in any way about the gap that is left in human interaction or consumption or experience. I find that I do care. Legends shouldn’t die so young. Ah, there [...]

Minutiae 1 1

Within the quiet of your not saying anything, I became. Perhaps. Words wrapped around concepts like scotch tape wound around a rubber ball.