New York City has a new mayor after eight years. And on his first day he rode the subway to work and called 911 on a brawl he witnessed. After his subway adventure he noted to the public that the theme of his first 100 days in office […]
This is it. The last day of the year. I saw a headline that noted we are entering the third year of living with the coronavirus pandemic. The headline struck me. Three years. I don’t know where these two years went. So much haze. With said haze in […]
I’ve been writing everyday more or less for about five years straight. More or less. This past year I missed a few days because I’ve probably reached some level of burnout. I just found that on a couple of occasions I couldn’t let my thoughts free flowout Some […]
There’s no doubt that at the top of anyone’s wishlist for 2022 is that covid goes away. If it doesn’t go away, then we’ll settle for it becoming endemic like the flu. What I want most, which likely mirrors the list of others, is to have a life […]
This is it. We are in the homestretch. The last week of the year. We start our end of the year retrospectives. We start our new year’s resolutions. We start thinking about what we should do about spring break, memorial day. Well, actually maybe we are not quite […]
Two epiphanies falling into the salted tears Dreams can only carry beyond so many fears Wish I knew how I got here Wish I knew why for each step Wish I knew when none of it would matter Wish I knew how to hit the eject button The […]
The mirror never lies but it can be warped. The mirror can scream the truth but it can be ignored. The mirror can be negotiated with. There can be reprieves. There are talks to be had. What you want to see is what you get. It can help […]
Before Covid hit us, many would go around saying Christmas was bring attacked and on the verge pf being cancelled. That it needed saving. I won’t enter that debate. The irony is that a pandemic in 2020 indeed ended up canceling Christmas for many. Actually, more things than […]
Eventually the movie Raya gets to a goid mental health space. However, throughout the movie you are constantly clobbered over the head with the phrase that “you can’t trust anyone.” Everyone is capable of lying and seems to do so. Raya- the protagonist in a mystical world of […]
Another restless night with restless legs and a restless heart. Another tiresome day with tiring thoughts and a tiresome laugh. 10, 8, 80. Numbers are just numbers until they repeat and repeat some more. What’s the meaning of it all? Don’t want it anymore. The tears hurt the […]