Calliope Briar
Bio
A lifelong writer with a creative writing degree.
Stories (30/0)
A Sleep Less 2022
I think that, at one point or another, everybody has made a New Year's Resolution revolving around sleep. If I had to guess with absolutely no evidence upon which to build my assumption, I would say that most of those resolutions would be along the lines of getting more sleep. Better sleep. More consistent sleep.
By Calliope Briar2 years ago in Lifehack
At Sunrise
It rattles, like a tin can with only one item held inside. Leave it be. He buries his head a little farther beneath the blankets. He squeezes his eyes shut and tries to remember the words to The Lord’s Prayer, which he spoke so many times in the past without conscious effort on all those Sundays when his grandparents took him to church, always casting a disapproving glare at his parents and their refusal to join. He remembers the glare his mom would cast from the alcove window as her own parents pulled out of the driveway with him in their car on their way to St. Vincent’s parish.
By Calliope Briar2 years ago in Fiction
When She Walks, Her Nails Drag on the Floor
The shirt on her back was ripped down to leave only a couple inches at her waist keeping it on her skeletal frame. Each vertebrae was defined as her grey skin stretched over her hunched back, no muscle or fat to blur the shapes.
By Calliope Briar2 years ago in Fiction
Go Big or Go Home
What happened to the color in our day-to-day lives? Where have the days gone when we sought to draw attention rather than fit in with the masses and avoid it? Why have dull colors and earthy tones become the popular trends? I want the electric and neon color palettes to make a come back and be found at every turn.
By Calliope Briar3 years ago in Styled
Wellness for the Whole Self
When we think about wellness, we tend to separate it into sections and focus on just one at a time. Yet we need to maintain the health of all of those sections for the health of our whole self, which is a difficult task. The start of a new year is a good time to get in the habit of making positive changes for the betterment of ourselves, but a lot of times we make the goals so large that they are too daunting for us to accomplish.
By Calliope Briar3 years ago in Longevity