Three small rituals for the bleeding week. A warm cup, a small bowl, a hot water bottle. None of them are productive. Each one is a small act of attention paid to a body that is doing the work.

A letter for anyone who has been told she is being a lot.

You have been told that follicular is your peak. To ride the wave, make the most of it, schedule the ambitious things. A letter on letting it be a small spring instead.