She wanted to live the high life. Why not since there was not much time left for anybody. They ran and ran across the ruins and old fields. They must have trampled on a thousand souls. They ran to the top of one of the old structures to […]
I am almost done with all my unpacking. Well, that is, the actual taking items out of the box. There are still months ahead of fixing up the house, respositioning items and finding odd things that are mismatched. Just such a fact alone would seem to indicate that […]
Back east, I would travel down to Washington, DC from New York quite often. I saw a lot of famous political celebrities. There were times during which I was on same train as Laura Bush, Joe Biden, Al Fraken, Greta Van Susteran and Former Florida Governor […]
She was seated, rooted in her spot. Everything kept moving around her but she couldn’t stand. She couldn’t be bothered to move about. She was weighed down by everything. Her shoulders truly bore the weight of the world. She wanted to be light. She wanted […]
The day you were born everything was new Still, I kept the whispers of history close by I kept it all for you. You brought an extra bright light into my life You made me laser focused You provided a multi-angled prism from which to live You laugh […]
Well, the time has come for me to say goodbye. The time has come for me to have my final moments with my apartment. After nine years of house living, we gave apartment living a try. A pretty good try. I didn’t grow up in a house. Thus, apartment […]
Oh, how I need a shiny distraction A peace of mind to boot A serenity capsule A moment to pause A detour just about now would be nice The melancholia hanging on Whispers to myself to put me at ease Push back all from my tired eyes I’ve set in […]
I live in a fairly new building within downtown Los Angeles. It’s a huge high-rise and really glossy new appliances. Despite all its prettiness and various great amenities, the building has got to have the worst elevator system ever. In New York, building elevators are often out of […]
My son, the light of my life, is about to turn nine years old. A week and a half left for me to enjoy his eight-year old self and brain. As an eight year old, he started solving more and more problems independently and liked it. He enjoys […]
We all know that Fridays are tough. You look forward to them arriving but once you are living it, the day goes by very slowly. Sometimes, agonisingly slow. I lived one such day this past week. By 3pm, I already felt as if I had gone through three […]