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gem higgins

gem higgins

The more things change…

There’s an endlessness about the ocean.

Aug 28, 2020

The more things change…

Aug 28, 2020

gem higgins

On grief. On guilt. And on love…

Have you ever been scared to return to the page? Because right now, sitting here, I’m terrified.

Jul 12, 2020

On grief. On guilt. And on love…

Jul 12, 2020

gem higgins

On you. On me. On this…

I wonder if you’re listening.

Jun 1, 2020

On you. On me. On this…

Jun 1, 2020

gem higgins

On the spring. On the end. On the beginning…

I often think about the spring. The way the light breaks and the blossom falls and the sky bleeds in rich pink and blue. The way the sun’s…

May 20, 2020

On the spring. On the end. On the beginning…

May 20, 2020

gem higgins

Sit. Fucking. Still…

An amazing writer taught me the power of just sitting with stuff. And right now, we’re sitting with everything…

May 1, 2020

Sit. Fucking. Still…

May 1, 2020

gem higgins

Pause…

A pause is a curious thing — Robert Poynton

Apr 19, 2020

Pause…

Apr 19, 2020

gem higgins

Meet me back…

Meet me back at the beginning.

Mar 27, 2020

Meet me back…

Mar 27, 2020

gem higgins

On the waves. On the seventh. On the sunrise…

I used to wait for the waves.

Mar 18, 2020

On the waves. On the seventh. On the sunrise…

Mar 18, 2020

gem higgins

On the power of words. On the power of silence…

I don’t remember when I first heard the silence. I just remember being alone. I remember the pulse of the radiators, the creak of the…

Mar 8, 2020

On the power of words. On the power of silence…

Mar 8, 2020

gem higgins

Life is not a fairytale…

There’s something to be said for sitting with stuff. Just sitting with it and writing nothing. Not because you can’t. Because you don’t…

Feb 29, 2020

Life is not a fairytale…

Feb 29, 2020

gem higgins

gem higgins

Writer of stuff. Mental health advocate. Podcast whore. Knower of useless things. Sausage dogmother. On occasion witty/profound… https://www.the27thchapter.com/

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