Before three years ago, I hated vision boards. I thought they were silly, useless endeavors that had no real impact. Then a colleague said that he used one to change the direction of his life. I pursed my lips in some type of skeptical stance. Yet, I was […]
Her anxiety level was at an all time high. She had just taken two Valium yet her nerves continued to be frayed. She needed relief. She took a sip of her drink. It coated her throat nicely. It soothed her mind even more. She steeled […]
Paranoia There are eyes everywhere There are bad whispers in the ears There are palpitations at every turn Need to rest the brain Mute the buttons Sew a new song The eyes dart to and from No rest till there’s no more The bloodied fingers are too salty […]
Those wretched set of fingers Twisted and bloodied From bearing false witness Pained and bruised Like an inflamed ego flapping in the wind Oh they have cramped Bearing the weight of empty noise Those wretched set of fingers Pointed and shouted Should have been long muted Were allowed […]
Bent, burnt, and broken Lightning strikes loudly Rainstorm tears ravenously Poor solitary tree Who will pull you back up? Burnt, broken, and bent Downed but dutiful Spread and soiled Pushed onto the ground Who will sit with you? Broken, bent, and burnt Battled yet bountiful […]
Here in Los Angeles, we are starting the year off with rain. It is a rare sight, this thing called rain. And when the rain falls in Los Angeles, the cars slip and slide and people arrive even later than usual to their meetings and events. Los Angeles […]
It is a new year and a new me. And I am so excited. Ok. I should note it is not really a new me. It is old Mimi. Same old me. I am just having fun being me. I have been dancing in the middle of the day […]
All he wanted to do was chomp He was born to chomp And a good chomp he had Everyone told him so growing up He could chomp, chomp, chomp with the best of them He was boxed up Ready to serve the world or at least a […]
It is a brand new day and a brand new year. It has got to be better than the previous one. It just has to. Plus it is the year of the dog and we all know dogs rule. The Year of the Dog is supposedly a good time […]
When I lived and worked in New York, I was quite fortunate to work with a lot of other Puerto Ricans. Why do I consider that fortunate? For Christmas, so many of them would make my favorite pork dishes and Puerto Rican eggnog. Our version of eggnog, called […]
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