Well, it is 65 degrees in Los Angeles and that is about as cold as it gets. My son, meanwhile, is missing New York with grand ferocity. He misses the cold. He misses the snow. He finds it all refreshing. I am not too sure that I […]
I like to laugh. Now that may seem as an odd statement to make. It would seem that everyone likes to laugh. Who can say no to laughing, really? Even curmudgeons are going to laugh every once in a while. I would even venture to guess […]
That smell. That horrid smell. She couldn’t quite place it but it lingered. It was putrid. Revolting. Inescapable yet undetermined. Revolting. Amazing that something so horrific could be intertwined with such serenity and beauty. She would be in awe if it were not for how putrid it all […]
To forage a drum Seeking blessed multitudes Fluorescent beauty Lightness is around To bound the darkness in mud And catch a glimmer What is sought is found What stems from the ground rises Let the warmth guide you
He whistled and sang “Take me to the place I love; Take me all the way“. He felt the loneliness. He felt the despair. There had been a time in which he hadn’t. But that was just too far gone. That was another life. Someone else’s […]
I want it I don’t want it It will be good It will be difficult It will be lonely It will be crowded It will be heartbreaking It will be fulfilling It will be far It will be closer Empty and soulless Full and lost
One of the funniest things to me in the work world, is how often we refer to toolkits and tool boxes. We try to develop toolkits that can help others accomplish their tasks efficiently and effectively. We ask what strategies, aka tools, organizations provide their clients, patients and […]
Thee last 6 weeks (or even more than that) have been ones where I was constantly doing something. I packed up and sold a house, moved into an apartment, had three weeks of back to back business trips, got a major rash from a centipede bite that […]
She knew she had failed. It was a lost cause. Well, it was never meant to be found. There was never any light that could shine brightly enough to set a clear path. But now she had to push the reset button and figure out what to do […]
She was tired and hungry. Starving. She hadn’t eaten since the night before. She needed to keep reminding herself to take care of herself. She just got so involved in her tasks that she often forgot to eat. She just wanted to do a good job at work. […]