When you don't have a particular genre you write (or read); or a particular type of art that you do (or appreciate) - it is a bit of a challenge to organize and give focus to all the things you have a passion for without sacrificing too much of one for another. Add to it, …
Category: The search within
Up in the skies
I had to make a trip to the grocery store this morning. Seems like no matter what time I choose to go, there is stop-and-go traffic, which was not improved today by the road work and flashing red signals at the intersections. This is usually a recipe for a slight case of road rage brought …
Creating the habits to succeed
In past months I have fallen out of the habit of writing. It may sound silly, but I got distracted and was instead focused on a habit of creating crafts. Now that the light is waning and Fall/Winter darkness is upon us again... I find I am drawn to writing again. Perhaps the darkness is …
Down the rabbit hole…
As a writer, I am often doing research (which includes looking at esoteric bits of info as well as practical facts for realism in a story)...lately, as I was trying to research plausible character behaviors I fell into the Reddit.com AITA (which stands for "Am I The Asshole") thread (aka subreddit). While admittedly, some of …
Fall is here…
We are still due for some triple digit temperatures, and our neighbors continue to waste water with their lovely green lawns (our is a lovely shade of tan with some of the ground cover greening up after last week's rain). This summer hasn't been a big writing season for me. To be honest I have …
The angels laugh
I hear the host of heaven in the hum of the air conditioning unit, blades whirring, like feathers in a tornado. I imagine the angels spiraling, their voices raised in adoration or dismay as the creations move with free will below them, choosing, ever choosing, those actions most defiant - even with the best intentions. …
Is snail mail dead?
When I was a child, getting mail addressed to me - specifically - was magical. It was proof that I existed to someone outside...outside of my family, outside of school, outside of church. Someone spent time to write to ME. The excitement was palpable. A card, a post-card, a letter - it all affirmed that …
Grand Finale 2021
Some years feel longer than others...this last two, 2020 and 2021 felt like a decade. And this month, was a long, long month. I had my booster shot - got sick, powered through it in time to have a holiday visit with extended family (starting on one of the worst rain storm days) and then …
I watch you as the ghosts you carry orbit around you, their gravity pulling you in many directions, the ebbs and flows of your tides carry your emotions, washing ashore, sometimes quietly and sometimes with great crashes. I watch you as each ghost possesses you in turn, a smile, a grin, a tear - voices …
Feel it
Let your feelings flow, flow through you, become you for that moment and then flow out again. Give your feelings to the earth, she will absorb the energy as she absorbs the sunlight and the rain. Do not hold your feelings good or bad, they are meant to flow, eroding parts of you, creating new …
"Wind in her mane" 