He closed his eyes and sighed Powerless to change the course I clicked my heels but didn’t disappear He went off instead into the netherworld I cried Stripped my pride There was no stride He was gentle and small The fuzziest cheese curd Nothing but love Why […]
Down in the earth Persephone went This was it and her smile showed it. It was time to row and paddle in order to escape. The lights and shadows had always played havoc with her soul. Now she would slay them. The pile of rocks laid by the ill-wishers. But she was […]
Impure Inured Assured Endure Obscured Manicured Confuse Bemused Excused Vertigo Vertical Vertebral Inured, bemused and vertebral
Touching but not hugging I just returned from a business trip where I must have exchanged over 100 hugs. It was hug central. Which is what happens when you attend a conference for a field where everybody knows everybody and you are all supposedly overflowing with compassion. Note […]
It will all come crashing down one day Sitting pretty on top Looking down on the harried masses With your glass stained windows Sipping with abandon It will all come crashing down one day Yet your foundation is rubble Ready to take a tumble at the slightest quake […]
Connecting with Cuba: Un día volveré I am a Puerto Rican in California dreaming of Cuba. It may seem odd to some. However, I wonder what will happen to the Cuba I fell in love with five years ago now that US-Cuba relations have thawed enormously. I dream […]
The age of my discontent or Mid-life opportunities? There are some individuals out there that were born in the midst of a mid-life crisis. You know those people. I suppose one can say they were born with a Woody Allen soul. I am not one of those people […]
Eyeful delights Today is labor day and is a day to rest and be nostalgic about the fruits of our labor. One such fruit is that of vacation and travel. Why do we travel? Wanderlust. Why do we travel? A need to experience new cultures. Why do we […]
She put on her pretty lavender dress and her expensive spiffed-up shoes. She was no Clarice Starling. She looked up at the windows which notably shouted that there are haves and have-nots. She was in-between. The lambs have stopped screaming but occasionally they let out a whimper […]
A birthday and work escape in the heart of a volcano: The Big Island, Hawaii I had the immense honor (once in a lifetime) to celebrate my son’s seventh birthday. It is such a precious time period. At this point we have these odd conversations where he shows […]
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