I have a lovely dog. A spaz at that. He goes from lovely hound to cudjoe in 3 seconds flat when he sees another dog in his universe. I cannot have cats although I was raised with two or three. Can’t remember how many as I was […]
I am getting ready to get a new phone. My phone alerted me to the fact that as of next weekend, I need not continue to have to lease it. How nice of my phone to remind me of its obsolescence. Well, a fake obsolescence as […]
So often we stand to the side Wait in the darkness Hang with the shawdows But light needs to be seen and felt A cascade of luminescence Must overflow and not be tamed Shine on Shine from within Stand in the light No need to hide to save […]
They toiled and climbed the way the seven dwarfs had done long ago. But now they were tall and strong and ready to take on the dragons, ducks, and bears. And evil. Cannot forget about evil. Their purpose was clear. Their mission set. They had prepped for this […]
City streets can be a hoot to walk down for a number of reasons. You can see famous people trying to look non-famous. You can bump head-on into one of them. Yes, I have done that a couple of times as I speed walk through the city. […]
I am going to admit it. Not that there is anything to really admit. When people preface something with such a phrase, it makes it seem like there’s something for which to be apologetic. Thus, I am not going to admit to something. I’m just going to state. […]
Happy new year. It is the year of the pig starting today. I personally think pigs are very cute. They may be cuddly but have never had a chance to cuddle one so I do not know about their cuddle factor. There are many who have had […]
Early in the am, I stopped and took in this rainbow public art. And, just thought of how much I love my beloved New York City. It’s a place where even at 5am, you can find a place to be yourself. It’s a place where at 5am everything […]
Alzheimer’s scares me. I think it should scare everyone. Our memories ground us into a reality (regardless of how we have constructed it). Yet Alzheimer’s is a disease that makes us unrecognizable to ourselves and robs us of our memories and corresponding stability. Alzheimer’s is the result […]
The past year or so I have taken to writing some flash fiction pieces. I love looking at a photograph and coming up with a backstory and a future space in which it lives and breathes. I like it also because it allows me to cut back […]