Archive - The Second Swim

The Days of the Dead

On the Parsi festival of Mukhtad, our deceased loved-ones are said to walk among us.

Aug 8 •

On Laughter and Forgetting

The advantages of a poor memory

Aug 1 •

July 2025

On the forces that tear us apart

Jul 28 •

Life in a Fascist State

Tales from my boarding-school days.

Jul 18 •

Tales from my life before sexual debut

Jul 11 •

Adventures in Ecuador

Back in March 2012, while I was living in Buenos Aires, I took an amazing trip to Ecuador, with my friend Dale, who was then working as a travel writer.

Jul 5 •

June 2025

May 2025

Contested Memories

I’ve never been in a relationship with someone who was all—or even almost all—bad.

May 31 •

The Birthday World

In the final episode of Stargate: SG1, the characters narrowly escape death at the hands of the followers of the Ori—the totalitarian theocratic cult…

May 25 •

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