

Slowly and quickly, too fast, at my desk, in bed, in relation
When I read signs and labels and websites around me in Greece, I spell out the letters aloud very very slowly, and I most remind myself of being a child spelling out words on signs when I was learning to read. When I read things aloud to myself, I understand them in a more intuitive way because the pace of reading is slower and I can feel the shape of the language more physically through my breath. When I read novels in bed in the evening, I usually can’t stay awake for more