hi! this is Carmen's blog

I'm trying to write in English and I thought this could be a nice place to do it

Entries from 2021-03-01 to 1 month

An almost-serious piece on overcoming the urge to become a hermit

Two and a half thousand years ago, a man frowned up at the stars. So absorbed was he that the well under his feet went unnoticed. Needless to say, he fell in. A peasant began to laugh. The man turned to her and shrugged. ‘I worry more abou…

Wildflowers

I have this bad habit of searching for meaning. I go to the dictionary looking for trouble in simple words, words I use daily, only to see if they are defined in ways that make me feel differently. Not sure why I need to do that. I wasn't …

The empath strikes back

I have a friend. She's a control freak. You don't get the vibe right away cause she looks a bit untidy, you know what I mean? But yeah, you can see that pattern in her. Once I went to her place and everything was just kept away, like I too…

Dream

You close your eyes and see two families of hedgehogs in an open field. The weather is not brilliant. The members of one family get together to maintain the warmth of their bodies. The other family has a different strategy: they also gathe…