Red Wolf's Room

  Photo by  Alice Alinari  on  Unsplash I'm currently working on a novella that focuses on the theme of truth and lies. It started as a way to help myself heal from something that happened online where the person lied to a community to which I belonged. The scale on which they lied was vast, and I found it difficult to believe anything they said thereafter, more so because it was all online where it's already hard to trust people.   Show your  support for books and reading . For a while, I was just writing the story, trying to get it out of my head and heart. When I was able to stop and look it over, I noticed the theme of truth and lies, which I realized I relate to on various levels: Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash Astrology I am a Libra, which is the symbol of scales. Scales are held by Lady Justice who must weigh the truth and lies to provide a just sentence. I'm often weighing my options, my actions, my words and those of others. Whil...

So, I ordered four sweet potatoes in my online grocery order. Ordering groceries online is full of surprises. Maybe you get all of your items, maybe you don't or maybe you get substitutions and find new brands and items you wouldn't have tried otherwise.  It was the first time I've ordered sweet potatoes. They weren't in a bag; they were like other veg at the store where you pick the ones you want.  Well, I got a surprise. All four of them are the size of grapefruits.  Now, you might be thinking that it's funny, but so what? Why are you writing a blog post about it? Well, I'm a writer and a partly Irish one at that, so I kind of see them as a sign. As something worth noticing. Maybe I'm looking for meaning where there isn't any. All of the stock at the store may have been like that. Or the grocery store worker picked whatever as they silently counted down the seconds until their shift ended.  But I'm a writer who believes in Fate, who is maybe lookin...