I watched a newscaster ask a journalist, “aren’t we at the point where we need to understand tbe psychology of it”? She was referring to the Covid pandemic. I just wanted to throw my paper in hand at the television but what good would that have done? Let […]
This is a most special day. Here comes the sun after a rainstorm hit the east coast. Here is my baby’s 13th birthday. He is officially a teenager. An oddball of sunshine. Oh my god. I cannot believe I just wrote that he is now 13 years old. […]
I believe in birthday months. Especially when one’s birthday is at the very beginning of the mine. As such is mine. My son, however, is near the end of the month. Before covid, we always took him on a trip for his birthday. Usually an international one. This […]
The streets are somewhat quiet. Netflix wants to know if I’m still watching. I’m thirsty and my eyes itch. The week has been long. Images and words running through my head. My legs want to run but they want to rest as well. Nothing to do but to […]
One of the most innocuous, yet grossest things is the dried toothpaste hanging onto the tube. It sits out there reminding you of your laziness and how much you hate going to the dentist. It sits there reminding you of how you need to clean. It shows you […]
Her face was flushed with emotion and pain. She wanted to find the truth. But nowadays everyone says that there is no truth. Yet everything has a story. This pile of junk – grars and widgets- represented her life. Rugged, rested edges ready to be thrown out. Not […]
I’ll win, but at what cost I’ll bring it home, to what applause I’ll reign supreme, yet the mudslide is thick I’ll cross the finish line, with aches and broken bones Talk to me without the advesarial stance We can dance to careless whispers Hopscothing in the moonlight […]
Waning Not gaining Gaming Waiving goodbye Striving Thriving Yet tiring Fighting But no good fights Pause Reset Go again It never ends Until it does
I’ve had a hard week and it’s not even done. I’m tired and cranky. Yet, I’m also dreamy and streamy. Oh wait. I have no idea what that means. I’m sleepy. Yes, sleepy. Running on empty. Hoping for a change of course. What shall, no one knows. I’m […]
Tick tock. Tick tock. Time is spinning away. The sand in the hourglass is steadily dropping down. Supposedly, “The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it”. Here is a secret, though. If you surround yourself or are […]