Round Up Vol. 1
June/July 2023
Howdy howdy! This is a monthly-ish post that gathers everything up in a handy place so you can check out what I’ve shared in the last little while.
Christopher Jonathan Wong
I’ve never thought too deeply about what it would have been like, if I was born the son my mother thought I would be. Would I be taller? (This is important, because I’m a hair under five feet.) But I thought it’d be interesting to do! To think about! And so:
Journey to Plant Parenthood
We used to joke I had a black thumb. I don’t know that I ever actually killed anything, but over time the aversion from not wanting to kill anything became so ingrained that I just… started to believe it. When my parents left on vacation in the summers, we were supposed to go out at dusk every day to water the roses and hydrangeas; the grass and shrubs …
Sweet Unknowing
Kel knows he’s dreaming, because of two things. One is, most noticeably, that feeling of otherness, of belonging-but-not-quite, like the weight of his body is unknown but still functions as it always has, and always will. The second is James. “Hello, Kel,” James says, mouth soft and round and pleasant with the curve of his smile. His eyes are so, so dark, …
See you next week with something new! Thanks for reading 💜✨