Step right into the ring Make all your inner thoughts sing The queen bee will sting the king There is no place for nothing Time to mend that broken wing Embrace the heat and all thatvis empowering Cause the will to fight is everything
There are times when one is stretched too thin, is worn out, and can’t quite stomach yet another item on the to-do list. Yet, we still say “yes” to helping out or going to some event. Basically, there are a number of things we often say “yes” to […]
Everywhere we turn, we hear about heroes. Everyone is a hero this day. The word, in all honesty, appears to have lost some of it cache and meaning. This is not the first time I discuss this. Years ago I talked about hero worship. And, that was years […]
The world has had some dramatic changes in the past decade. I’ve had small and large changes in my life. In the past decade I’ve lived in five cities and 10 different homes/apartments. Whew. I’m tired. Very tired. I’ve met hundreds of people. Some really good. Some really […]
I have a ton of allergies. So much so, that I often joke I should live in a bubble. A rolling bubble. Like the ones you can take on water and bounce and roll around. Those are so much fun. Life wouldn’t be so bad that way. But, […]
She smiled He smiled back A twinkle here and a twinkle there There was chemistry Don’t know if it was biology Stomach twirls and somersaults A hidden look A caught eye Pursed lips Raised eyebrows No script No words All was quite, but There was a gleeful smile […]
About every seven minutes in a conversation, a lull comes to a head. For a second or maybe a minute the conversation may stall. It happens. In a good social setting, it’s barely noticed. Sometimes, it becomes a loud silent vacuum. I have learned, the hard way, to […]
If I write something today it will be 121 days in a row of writing. Ever since I broke my over 1,800 days of writing I have been off and on the writing-wagon. I used to invest a lot of thought into my pieces. I used to try […]
I’m a big fan of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I have not re-watched it in a while but there are lines and scenes seared within my brain. There are also take-home messages that fit many of life’s situations. One such message is that there are […]
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”― Jack Kerouac. The Dharma Bums Words have meaning. Sometimes. You would think by definition that words have meaning. But they do not always. It’s quite perplexing, at times. Then, of course, the meaning of words […]