Pen&Tonic

Pen&Tonic London Ontario hand lettering business. Creating unique and custom works of art. All art for sale, a

It’s been a year since I published Beyond Reclaim (Actually it was a year last week). In a lot of ways, it still doesn’t...
03/25/2024

It’s been a year since I published Beyond Reclaim (Actually it was a year last week). In a lot of ways, it still doesn’t feel real. I still have massive imposter syndrome, even while working on book two. It feels like yesterday as well, butI’m in shock on how much has changed in the last year, I feel once again like an entirely different person. I want to thank all of you for the support in the last year, it honestly was beyond anything I could have ever imagined! (See what I did there😉 )

This week, I’ll be sharing some of my favourite pieces from beyond reclaim… and I would love if you would share yours with me if you read it!

For you, for me. My love will be yours.
02/15/2024

For you, for me. My love will be yours.

Things I’m sorry for. But not really.
01/26/2024

Things I’m sorry for.

But not really.

I hope all these things—- but please don’t actually reach out. K thanks.
01/25/2024

I hope all these things—- but please don’t actually reach out. K thanks.

Come back to me.I’m in a weird place. The last few months all the boys I’ve known have showed up. Okay… not all of them,...
01/21/2024

Come back to me.

I’m in a weird place. The last few months all the boys I’ve known have showed up. Okay… not all of them, that would be a sign of the apocalypse haha! But a lot… and last night one more showed up. Casually texting me with a hey. And as a grapple with that… I think about this piece I wrote in April… they come back because the magic in me. But it never is how or when I want it, or often who.

I don’t think there’s any point in a caption. You either get it, or you don’t. If you get it… babe… don’t take the call....
01/19/2024

I don’t think there’s any point in a caption. You either get it, or you don’t.

If you get it… babe… don’t take the call. You’re worth so so much more. And if you do? There will be a point where you won’t. And it’ll be a good day.

A soft spot to land. The in between. I know it means I’m magic, and safe, and somewhere you could heal. But it also feel...
01/18/2024

A soft spot to land. The in between.

I know it means I’m magic, and safe, and somewhere you could heal. But it also feels like everytime I’m the inbetween, it takes a little more out of me.

Currently curled up, eating Buffalo Chicken dip, sippin on gin, candles lit, watching playoff football 🏈. Go pack go 🧀 b...
01/14/2024

Currently curled up, eating Buffalo Chicken dip, sippin on gin, candles lit, watching playoff football 🏈. Go pack go 🧀 but low key always thinking about how far along I’m into editing book two..

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Hand scrawled notes in the drafts of my phone. I trusted you, in a way that felt new, in a way that felt real. You felt...
01/05/2024

Hand scrawled notes in the drafts of my phone.

I trusted you, in a way that felt new, in a way that felt real. You felt real. You ended up just being another piece of s**t.

**t

I wrote this on November 3rd, 2021. It made its way into Beyond Reclaim, page 85. Funny that by the end of this poem I m...
11/02/2023

I wrote this on November 3rd, 2021. It made its way into Beyond Reclaim, page 85. Funny that by the end of this poem I make reference how I was counting the steps to the door, as if I knew it was over then. But it wasn’t really over not the way it is now. This time of year though… wow those feelings… 😅😅

Like a wave crashing into me, that’s what he was. So completely unexpected, and I knew from the start that I’d get lost ...
10/26/2023

Like a wave crashing into me, that’s what he was. So completely unexpected, and I knew from the start that I’d get lost in the sea of all the possibilities.

#2024

I remember you were the first to show me a glimmer of my worth. It was just a glimmer. I settled for less after you. Aga...
10/06/2023

I remember you were the first to show me a glimmer of my worth.

It was just a glimmer. I settled for less after you. Again and again. It’s not easy. To remember your worth. Despite all the healing, and work, every now and then I forget a little. But I do better now than I ever did then. You were the beginning but I can’t wait to see the end.

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