Oona Out of Order

by Margarita Montimore

Is this what it means to get older, replaying happy memories because the best times are behind you?

“Hiraeth: homesickness for something that never was and never could be.”

Make your life more about letting in the good things than preventing the bad things. You’re not going to stop any wars or stave off any big tragedies.

It’s not a question of being worth it as much as how long I would’ve survived living a life that wasn’t my own.”

(Though how did he afford it? Working odd jobs? Family money?) It felt good to get lost and was tempting to stay lost.

But there was a freedom in making mistakes, feeling broken, falling into the void, and then climbing out. A freedom in letting go, setting aside, moving on.

This is a pukeko, one of NZ’s native birds. It’s reluctant to fly and tends to run and hide when it’s disturbed. But when it does fly, it can cover great distances. Sound familiar? I thought it would make a good addition to your tchotchke menagerie.