Born in the Netherlands, Claire Polders now roams the world. She’s the author of five novels and a bunch of short prose. Themes in her writing are identity, feminism, social justice, traveling, art, and death. She’s currently working on a memoir. For more about Claire, visit Wonder, Wander, Write. For more of Claire’s writing, visit http://www.clairepolders.com/shorts/. And for reading recommendations, visit here http://www.clairepolders.com/category/book-recommendations/.
The clock is as big as she is. If she stands facing the kitchen window with her arms by her side and bends forward into a ninety-degree angle, she equals the clock’s quarter-past-six. The clock hands are wrong, but she records their time in her bones and muscles. A grounding exercise. It’s not that the clock lags by an hour… Read more →