Archive - The ER Club

48: If This Is Supposed to Be the Best Time of My Life, What Happens to the Rest of My Life?

Does it all just go downhill from here?

May 27 •

April 2025

47: Does my level of effort match the level of my desire?

Sometimes, I wonder if I’m confusing motion with progress. Like yes, I’m moving, but am I moving in the most effective way?

Apr 7 •

March 2025

My lover and I have moved in together, into a house just three minutes from the High Street. It’s a beautiful house, I must mention. The doors are…

Mar 23 •

45: Desire is embarrassing

I am embarrassed by my desire

Mar 2 •

February 2025

44: You can grieve the things you never had

At midnight on the 19th of February, I dig a grave, lower the casket, and cover it with earth–but there is no body.

Feb 17 •

43: On Minimalism and Subtle Beauty

I think about this often: how easy it is to mistake loudness for significance. How we sometimes believe that for something to matter, it must be…

Feb 10 •

January 2025

42: I’m no longer absorbing emotions that are not mine

On Twitter, deliberately offensive jokes and incendiary content

Jan 14 •

December 2024

41: On Christmas Day, we go to our Governor’s house to party.

In December, there was no Christmas Cantata. Some people said it held, but there were just not many people there. Others said it didn’t hold. We weren’t…

Dec 26, 2024 •

November 2024

40: Canterbury Tales

On the chessboard, a queen sits uncomfortably where the king should be.

Nov 19, 2024 •

September 2024

Issue 39: Fourteen Years, Lost at Sea

On the airplane, the man seated beside me had a distinct scent.

Sep 18, 2024 •

July 2024

Issue 38: If you go back in time, what will you see?

At Ajigbona or what I used to call Damico area in Ife, you can hear the birds when you wake up.

Jul 7, 2024 •

June 2024

Issue 37: Surrounded by Love.

Friday nights are blessed.

Jun 2, 2024 •

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