Karleah Olson
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Footsteps on Your Grave
I found myself down a bit of a research rabbit-hole recently—as often happens—when a friend questioned the logic of the phrase ‘someone must have walked over your grave’. We ended up in a lengthy discussion about the hypothetical workings of parallel timelines, past lives and the like in our attempts to postulate the meaning of the expression. A few days later I found myself still curious about the origins of the phrase and its intended meaning. I found the answers quite fascinating, and it seems fitting to share them here.
By Karleah Olson3 years ago in FYI
Cunning
On a rocky stretch of coast, far from the tourist homes and trendy cafes, a young woman sat in the damp sand and thought about drowning. She used to collect stories about sirens, those enchanting masters of seduction and cunning who would lure sailors to their death on the coasts of islands. She lived by the sea, too, and used to climb out of bed after reading these stories and stare at the inky blackness that lay beyond the rows of houses.
By Karleah Olson3 years ago in Humans