Have you ever tried to look at yourself in the mirror and speak the truth? Tell the mirror your insecurities? Tell the mirror your fears? Tell the mirror how you wish you could be? I’m not talking about a Snow White interaction with the mirror. I’m […]
Ever since I was a little girl, I have had a love-hate relationship with my hair. My mom didn’t have a clue how to comb curly hair and thus my hair often became an entangled mess. It was once so bad, that my local hair stylist […]
Living in two cities in the west coast is like living in two mystical time zones. Los Angeles and San Francisco are so completely different from one another they should essentially be in different states. Foggy …. Sunny Lukewarm ….Hot Overpriced …. Slightly expensive Faux diversity ….. […]
There was once a time when men and women worked hard day in and day out for 20 years at the same place. Upon retirement they received a gold watch. Or so it may have been. And perhaps it still is for a select few. I […]
She had walked down the hallways of her new workplace many times at this point. Everything seemed normal. That is until she noticed the blood on the walls. Why was there blood? Whose blood was it? All the other walls were white just like an institution. She […]
Her eyes were tightly closed and moving quickly in different directions. This is where she spent about 20% of her time, as did most adults. However, she wanted to spend more like 50% of her time just like when she was a baby. Those must have been […]
It’s soiled Your face, your look, your tongue It all reeks of emptiness Why pretend to be clean As you leave behind a trail of dirt with no recompense. It’s muddy Your thoughts, your ideas, your vision They all criss-cross a blurred line The morning coffee […]
Who doesn’t love palm trees? In the past, palms were symbols of victory, peace, and fertility. The Romans rewarded champions of the games and celebrated success in war with palm branches. The South Carolina flag has a palm tree which I did not realize was a palm tree […]
This past month, a rapper that I had never heard of before by the name of B.O.B (not to be mistaken for Bob) declared that the earth is flat and that celebrities are being cloned. I think (although it is a bit convoluted) that he believes that […]
How many times have politicians been accused of being flip-floppers and how much flack did President Obama get when he said he had “evolved” on certain policies? The media excoriates those that change political positions. And in certain instances, such excoriation is warranted, considering the obvious political […]