Pluto Wolnosci

Joined June 2022

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Sleep and ADHD
Living with undiagnosed ADHD meant struggling with insomnia for decades. Starting in the fifth grade it affected my daily life, and as a young mother I couldn’t afford to let it continue to leave me as a zombie.
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Longevity
It's Time To Be Neighbors Again
More charity, less consuming; More clothing those who need help, less clothing from sweatshops; More creativity, less consumption; More community, less contempt; But more careless abandon, less carelessness; More caring in general.
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Humans
Dialectics of Doubt
“You’re trapped in illusion,” she contends, “Existence’s chaos, not design.” “The leap’s not blind; a journey— a subjective truth past
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Poets
Toxic Dynamics Started Young
Michael sat next to me on the bus every day until April came, when he wore his blue jumper and he put his lunchbox on the seat by yours,
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Poets
My Stripes Are Orange
We’ve been friends since the day I met you; you liked how I spit on the ants. We’d be best friends forever, but you said you don’t like
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Poets
A $1 Ice Cream Won't Fix This
You measured completely wrong the size of our apartment and we find we’re stuck back here; again lost ’neath this Billy bookcase,
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Poets
Caught Off Base
Never bat better than a single, yet still think you're the M. V. P. Her perfume on your ball cap Do you think your quick glance
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Poets
Like an Aching Tooth Removed
For months we'd stepped ‘round our combined hate; the contempt had been audible. Now with the act behind us We can finally say
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Poets
Last Word of a Dying Relationship
We lean back from the wall, each other, bashful like new lovers to look, afraid that we’ll give away these emotions we’re not
By Pluto Wolnosciabout a year ago in Poets
Selling Yourself the Lie
Last week you told yourself that things would settle down once October came around. Everything would settle into this new routine and you'll find yourself with a free hour every day.
By Pluto Wolnosci2 years ago in Motivation
Writing Prompts for the Curious Creative. Top Story - September 2023.
Recently, I’ve been incorporating songs into my novel writing, and it's made me realize how much of my creativity comes from my engagement with various forms of art. I've written poems for advertisements, discovered short story inspiration from a well-designed garden, and reshaped characters based on how I perceived they would react to a very fussy dessert.
By Pluto Wolnosci2 years ago in Writers
Snyta
You dumped the contents of the paper coffee cup out the window of your shiny black Tesla onto a road that had seen much the same—butts and candy wrappers—
By Pluto Wolnosci2 years ago in Critique