It’s so hot out, yet I’m still so cold. Numb to the fingers and toes. Frost-bitten while the heat makes waves in the air all around. Look left. Look right. Pebbles as far as the eye can see. I’m just sitting on the beach, wishing for waves. Wishing for even a drop of the oceanContinue reading “Frost In Summer”
Category Archives: Non-Fiction
The Fold
It comes to me waking and in dreams: both an image, and a vision. In it I lay down and watch the tilt of the trees turn upward as my head rests to soft earth. Down here it smells sweeter….
The Last Stand
All my life, I’ve thought: my inner Soldier keeps me strong, and have been proud of that. I have a military family, after all. It’s where I get the part of me that wants to serve, or protect; where the part of me that lays down my own for others comes from. I’ve thought this also: it’sContinue reading “The Last Stand”
Bleed like a Man
“Bleed Like a Man” is a short piece of non-fiction flash by Jessica Barratt, reflecting on gender and blood culture.
Singing through incoherence: How one woman changed my relationship with sound
Wish you could de-traumatize your brain and body? Learn how I achieved lasting brain bliss through a one-hour sound exchange practice with Mahalia, The Medical Musician.
Jessica Barratt 