It started off with a smell. An odor. A sense of deja vu. I recognized that smell but couldn’t quite place it. I looked around walking up to the meters. It was a basement afterall and there could be a gas leak or other odd event. It is […]
Who doesn’t love palm trees? In the past, palms were symbols of victory, peace, and fertility. The Romans rewarded champions of the games and celebrated success in war with palm branches. The South Carolina flag has a palm tree which I did not realize was a palm tree […]
I have a few more decades before I hit the age of 69. However, it scares me. Just this past week both David Bowie and Alan Rickman (Professor Snape) died from cancer at the age of 69. Ok. Truth be told, cancer also scares me. I truly hope […]
The month of January has not been too kind to me throughout the last six years. I am hoping that this January I can be a bit more settled. No snow. No cross-country moves. Just a bit of mourning for my mom and my beloved dog […]
The volcano awaits! Nothing more exciting than flying into a piece of earth where everything is both diverging and converging and one’s personal space is a fiery air. They wanted to breath in the ash-sooted air and feel fire on their skins one last time before the end of the life […]
I was roadkill Left to rot I was roadkill Then I was not I was disconnected from life Others ignoring the lifeless bodies on the roads I was destined for more But then I was roadkill Rumble strips and salt licks No refuge or shelter I was roadkill Left […]
Today I was happy when a cocktail photo I tweeted got retweeted. I was not happy because of the retweet, per se, but rather because of who retweeted my tweet. No, Obama did not retweet my cocktail shot. I believe he is a beer drinker. Actually, I think […]
Startled, she woke up looking straight at the city lights of the night. Her heart beat widely while her mind was humming a night song. Her skin was moist as if it had been crying all night. Her tongue kept forming the word “kumao” and she did […]
It was dead and gone for we’ve “been travelin’ on this road too long“. He climbed the stairs licking his rum-filled tiki mug leaving the rooms behind. He put down the worn-out, tattered puppet. Besides the puppet his DNA resided nowhere anymore. He had built up the place to the point […]
She was no Charlie’s Angel. She had always wanted to be. Honestly, the clothes and hair were a bit too retro but the overall flair was cool. Being part of a collective, a female collective was something to dream about. Of course, the local gang girls had […]