The more pressure there is the more manic, yet Zen, I tend to get. I have come to realize I enjoy working under pressure. Ok. Enjoy is too strong a word. I tend to thrive under pressure. I get focused and task oriented. Yet, I still manage to […]
Oscar Songs on my Mind: I’ve had the time of my life A few decades back, I was in high school learning to survive on my own. Doing my own laundry was a novelty. Not having all my clothes come out with pink streaks was a major accomplishment. […]
There is a first time for everything. And like other firsts, I am wrapped up with anxiety, excitement and trepidation. Many have said it will be heavenly; that I will feel like I am floating. Others have said it will feel like a little prick and be somewhat […]
February: You Give Me Fever and a Legacy Quest February is a bit of a vexing month. It’s shorter than other months. There is a day that appears every four years. We are steeped in snow hibernating in our rapidly claustrophobic homes. This sense of claustrophobia, could be […]
The End of Fear: Happiness in Traveling the World Daily Prompt: Happiness and the End Crossing from one side to the next Feeding my wanderlust fix Through wide open doors I move For my restless soul to console Fears of flight deeply kneaded in my being But my […]
Daily Prompt: Giving My 26 Bones a Time out in a New York Minute I am the quintessential New Yorker: I have never had a driver’s license, I speed walk everywhere and I tend to eat lunch either on my feet, at my desk or with a cocktail. […]
What will you remember 2013 by? Obviously many will think of Miley Cyrus and her odd twerking revolution. Others will think of the National Security Agency (NSA) and how naive we were to think that they weren’t checking our phone logs. Others will remember the terror of the […]
Assuredly, you have had one of those weeks where it started off stressfully and ended with you in an emotional vat of ennui. I knew this week was going to be tough. I had been eagerly anticipating this week for it was make or break time. I was […]
The world spins While many rest indoors And you wrestle outside with your demons and sores Longing for sleep To breathe in the deep seated cool air Holding up your being with a flicker of the fingers Startled by the thought of loss You need a deep […]
I love life with all of my being The years have been a complex hard-fought journey Yet my calcified bones have found a zest for living But you make me want to die In that moment of fierce hatred I feel wounded, empty, and alone like a punctured […]