She stood to the side playing with the shadows. They were searching high and low for her but she managed to keep ahead. Yet, she knew the darkness would take over. She felt herself becoming more and more bitter. Her happy place rotting with sour apples. She would […]
Last night I kept dreaming of the number 43. It kept going on and on in my mind. The 43 boomed and glared. It was vivid. Yet, that was one of my least vivid dreams. Night after night I’ve been having vivid dreams. Wild dreams, bordering on lucid. […]
Have you seen the movie Holes? It’s funny. If you are in the right mood. But there are many life lessons in it that can apply to this day and age. There’s one scene and one line that stays in everyone’s head. The little girl tells her grandpa […]
Sometimes I feel there’s fire everywhere. Inside my brain and soul. On the streets. Coming out of people’s mouths. There’s a firestorm brewing. There’s a firestorm that has scorched the earth. There’s fury. Fiery spirit. It’s all burning. Let all it burn, I say.
I am a very messy person. I try to neaten up every week and within minutes, I clutter things up again. I like a good mess. Not a bad mess, mind you. Sometimes, the mess is just too messy and you startle yourself into some kind of cleaning […]
This year has been an exercise in turning the sound down. Ignoring the noise. This much-needed exercise for me has been at the personal, professional, and societal level. Earlier this year, a dear friend tried to calm me down by telling me to ignore a particular person who […]
I recently recalled a tense situation from over five years back. It was a room filled with people who didn’t want to be there and a woman who was gruff and angry spilling her anger over everyone. I remember telling myself repeatedly that the situation would eventually end. […]
Today, is the long-awaited (perhaps dreaded) election day in the United States. And, I am going to share a random story. Seemingly so. I tend to digress much a story about spackle is just right for today. Yes, spackle. That goey thing you use to fill up holes […]
My mother, no matter what, always voted. Often, election day fell on her birthday and it took on extra significant meaning. She passed on that sense of civic duty to her daughters. We always vote, no matter what. And, that was the case yesterday. I had to make […]
The clock was ticking. The weight on her shoulder heavy. There just was not enough time to get everything done. But she knew there was no choice. They had to find the truth. It was in one of these spaces. They had to find the small satchel. It […]
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