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4 Romantic Spotify Playlists to Celebrate Love This Valentine's Day
Spring is almost here and the romance of Valentine's Day has arrived to push us through the last of the winter season. While February's bight begins to loosen its bitter grip, more hands are slipping out of their thick, woolly pockets and back into the naked palms of their loved ones.
By Sleepy Drafts3 months ago in Beat
Practicing Gratitude, One Cup of Coffee at a Time
I am grateful for this cup of coffee. Judey Kalchik started her #31DaysOfGratitude practice at the start of October and it's inspired me to follow suit - or at least try! This morning, I woke up to a kind of gnawing anxiety which then manifested into silly frustration over petty things.
By Sleepy Drafts8 months ago in Motivation
So, You Found Yourself at a Party Full of Vampires
October's sweet, sharp breath chills the air as leaves drop to the ground. The sky darkens but the mood brightens: black and orange streamers decorate lawns and plastic fangs hang from laughing mouths. Costumes, both bright and macabre, begin to line the streets.
By Sleepy Drafts8 months ago in Beat
Tom
It’s 3 am on September 28, 2021. I am crying in the passenger seat of my boyfriend’s car as we deliver newspapers. It has only been a few hours since we heard of Tom’s passing. We are both in shock, even though it makes little sense for us to be. Neither of us knew Tom personally and yet there is a grief in our car that cannot be ignored or denied.
By Sleepy Drafts8 months ago in Families
And It Was Beautiful
The sky beams fuchsia. The sun beats like a heart. Willows weep roses. Pale shades of pink scatter through long strands of cotton candy-colored grass as they stroke against my skin. My body lends into the earth, still soft from the daily New Earth Agrituals.
By Sleepy Drafts11 months ago in Fiction
Beyond The Music: Flo'Jo (Cool Blu)
The first time I listened to Cool Blu was last summer. I’d stumbled across his Instagram page and into an album that turned out to be exactly what I needed at that time. Everyone was in quarantine and I had decided that (for some reason) this was the best time for me to face some demons.
By Sleepy Drafts11 months ago in Beat
Songs for Orchestrating the Apocalypse
Dystopian fiction has a way of revealing the ugliest parts of the reality we live in. These dystopian stories can be some of the most important, complex, and weaving tales... but they can also exist in those small, universal truths laid out in simple, honest words.
By Sleepy Drafts11 months ago in Beat
