It’s a Sunday night and I’ve been binge watching (way too much bunge watching) the television show Pretty Little Liars. It’s a ridiculous show with plotholes 10 football fields deep. However, it is quite entertaining. Although, I must add the dating relationships for these young pretty liars are […]
Oh to travel. Oh to dream. Her first trip in ages. She was feasting on everything through all her senses. This was living. This was to live. She was even doing a dance. Standing on her tippy toes. Yet, something gnawed at her. She would have to leave […]
No more magazine fluff No more overwrought drama No more constant bellyaching No more impossible puzzle to solve No more fake glitter No more waste No more empty words Goodbye
You think you know me so well Put the shoes on They’ll feel strange and weird Soon you’ll be haggard, down and out Yet I still stand tall in my shoes Oh well, you didn’t quite know me Maybe now pick up your spitted bile and redirect it […]
Happy 14th birthday to my son. Who will always be my baby. Fourteen years ago this week I experienced one of the most amazing events in my life. It was painful but also filled with awe, love, amazement, happiness, giddiness, and much more. And, I should note not […]
I’m a New Yorker. I’m used to cramped spaces. We do not gave California closets. If we do, I’m sure that unfortunately some rent it out as a $1,000 room. I may be slightly exaggerating. Only slightly. In NYC, everything is cramped. Most other spaces in the United […]
Today marks six straight months of everyday writing. My previous record was ober 1,800 days. Then stuff happened. It’s ok. My world didn’t shatter because I took off a few days here and there. I do have to admit, it can make one a bit anxious if you […]
After the funeral, they went back to the house to finish clearing through their mother’s belongings. It was not an easy task. But it was a task to help keep the mind distracted. Yet, everwhere she looked she found a new set of souvenirs bunched together. Her mother […]
There is this new phenomenon now. Just like we had the resignation economy and even the laying flat economy, we now have the quiet quitting economy. Truthfully, I don’t like that phrase of “quiet quitting”. To me, as a psychologist, it seems to hit on two things: satisficing […]
Have you noticed lately that when a fire alarm sounds, people don’t readily rush out? At least, I have. People look around to determine how other people are reacting. And, if people in some position of authority or access to knowledge, keep going about their business, everyone stays […]