Drafting
Mary UptonSomewhere between crafting and drifting is Drafting. Here you'll find reflections on pop culture and life's in-betweens from a gal (30-year-old woman) on a creative pursuit. Often candid, sometimes satirical, and always a bit of fun.
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I hate the beginning of the end
It is the first week of August, and yet, the end of summer hangs in the air. Suspended on a piece of string, someone else puppeteering the reins.
Fallen leaves prematurely browned from drought hide the catastrophe of the grass, or whatever...
#105 The Offcuts
So, today, my main thoughts are food-related (as you will read more of), like, will I have another BBQ before summer ends? Where shall I go for a solo end of summer lunch? What is the best bakery in Paris?
The Years by Annie Ernaux is an u...
The Scorched Earth
How can anyone bear it?
I stare into the faces of strangers and I want to shout at them. HOW CAN YOU GO ON LIVING? EXISTING? WALKING AROUND? At a time like this?
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I haven’t seen grass in weeks, months. I’ve forgotten its co...
Something unexpected: a short story
This is an instalment from the short story series about Freya. Each fortnight, I bring you a new piece of fiction centred on the character of Freya. Learn more about the series and Freya here. This piece should still read as a standalone, b...
This is not the death of reading
Two weeks ago, for The Atlantic, Rose Horowitz declared that The End of Reading Is Here. It isn’t. And Horowitz knows it, too. It is a sensational headline that’s done its job perfectly.
She says, “the decline of reading will affect our in...
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Curious storyteller. Avid reader. Disliker of writing bios. I write Drafting. Expect musings on pop culture and life's in-betweens, as well as some fiction writing. I am also very funny. My short stories have been published in multiple anthologies.
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