Her eyes were large saucers of tears. Mostly salty with a sprinkle of oregano. She wiped at them quickly. No one could see them. No one can ever see it coming. She thought of how we are knee-deep in a world being depleted of dreams. She didn’t want […]
Sometimes one can have two totally juxtaposed thoughts hours apart that just fit in with each other. I’d like to think I’m in one continuous stream of thought and I just have to seam it all together. Of course, as a psychologist I would tbink that. But let […]
Queen Elizabeth sat by herself in the chapel as the final goodbyes to her Prince- her husband of 73 years- at the funeral service in St George’s chapel. She strikingly sat alone. And, although she is known for her stoicism, couldn’t help but feel her loneliness and sadness. […]
She stepped out from the little gathering to grab some fresh air and clear her thoughts. They had gone into the event happily enough. She wasn’t expecting much. These days it seemed like people tried too hard to be witty or seem to be great conversationalists. Being cooped […]
It’s the end of the week. I don’t have it in me to be depressed or deep in thought. It’s been a tough werk. A series of tough weeks. I’m just going to share today a silly thing that happened to me two weeks ago. My son and […]
The year 2021 marks the return of the cicadas. It would have been way more fitting last year. Yet, here we go. After 17 years, millions of large cicada will emerge aboveground. This group of cicadas that is about to emerge, is known as Brood X (as in […]
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Faith. It’s a powerful word. Faith has different connotations and meanings for people. Whatever it may mean to you, it in part, must mean doing without knowing the whole […]
She ran through the alley wondering how far her legs could take her. This was the place through which she needed to find her freedom. She would run, hide behind blue crates, and pretend to shop. She had waited decades for this. No way she could waste this […]
“The training is nothing! The will is everything “-Batman Begins I love working out. Exercise is fun and love for myself. What I loved most about exercising was not the actual act, but the will I tapped into to get on a machine for 40 minutes. There were […]
I used to watch CNN all the time in the morning. It would help me understand what’s going to happen in the world that day. But then I stopped watching the news. Just stopped. I did like watching the newscaster Brooke Baldwin on CNN on New Year’s eve. […]
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