I finally slept as I needed to I couldn’t keep it away No dance could lift my body No words could soothe the aches I let my head land on the pillow I buried myself deep under the covers I kept all thoughts at bay I swallowed the […]
You opened the door and out flew the dog and in the bird pranced for it is a topsy turvy world That’s what was said at the stroke of midnight It was all such a bore the night had to become a fog Everyone tapped […]
I have never really taken the easy road. The easy life. I have dared to dream and have gone after it. Whatever “it” has been. It is a good thing to be tough and to fight a good fight. Sometimes you just have to do so. But […]
I have been staring at my lime green carpet all day. Well, not all day as I have had many an errand to run. But as I have been going up and down the stairs, sweating up a storm, I would give a quick glance to […]
One of the things that amuses me in the workplace, and many things do, is when someone inevitably invokes some nebulous regulation to support whatever wacky thing they want to implement. Sure. Why not? It seems like everyone is now playing a lawyer. Although, more often […]
She was slumped onto her desk looking out the window. The sky always fascinated her but yet she had never done anything about it. She was always just so tired. Her body felt like she had been beaten, day in and day out. There was no reprieve […]
Often, by the end of the week, I am exhausted and a bit over it all. Whatever “it all” is. Thus, I will at times talk about my pet peeves as the end of the week just amplifies the really annoying things in our lives. And, I have […]
I’d like to swim with the sharks And be the master player Spear the interlopers School the fishies Soak in the blue And sing a pretty siren song Lure in the wayward Ply them with meaning There’s not much more rhyme or reason This world will eat you […]
It was just the last weekend of the summer. Ostensibly. sure we have a few more weeks until Autumn. But we all know that once labor day is here, it is all over. Sigh. I feel a bit depressed now. I hate when I do that to […]
This has been a particularly brutal week. I mean intense and long and tiring. I was in a building lockdown due to a code blue. Or was it code red. I can’t even remember. I had to handle last minute meetings for which I was not originally invited […]