As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in turn shapes our relationships.

Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet.

Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.

Love is the white light of emotion.

We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.

So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself. We go searching for those parts in other people, but there's a difference between feeling separate from others and separate from oneself.

Writing is my form of celebration and prayer.