I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
I Happily Unplugged My Bedroom Clock I cannot sleep with a light on unless I am dog-boned tired and exhausted. I love laying down and seeing darkness. Pitch black darkness. Somehow that is soothing to me. Of course, as a kid, I didn’t like that very much. In […]
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 […]
“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” —Nietzsche Do you know that moment when Scooby Doo goes “Aaarug” (his puzzled grunt)? Or when Taylor Swift asks what “When you said you needed space”. Those are the moments when you do a double-take or wonder […]
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 […]
Twenty years ago I began a longstanding love affair. I heard a song by Primitive Radio Gods that noted “her plane takes off from Baltimore and touches down on Bourbon Street.” I then followed suit on a now defunct TWA airline. I was overly-dressed and suffering from a […]
Breathe in the lit fire Stomach lining to be damned A fierce dragoness Fire in the belly Scorch inauthenticity Flaming truths remain A fierce dragoness: Scorch inauthenticity
Bad habits are a great thing Habits. Everyone as one or a million or so. There are just as many websites that try to show one the path from engaging in a bad habit to being habit-free. There are also also all those psychologically-bent websites (such as Psychology […]
What was that yellow turnwheel spot? Before coming down to the stacks, she was afraid of being alone and being crushed by others living their lives. She then breathed loudly so others would know of her existence. She was invisible to herself; why wouldn’t she be to others? […]
As I hung out with my son encouraging him to fall asleep, he asked me “will you be here in the morning when I get up?” I thought that was strange and assured him that of course I would be there. I asked him why he was […]
It’s the end of the high road Time to jump and find one’s mettle The ladder back up ain’t so stable Use your wit to stay afloat Close your eyes and dive backwards The gnats won’t follow you down The caped man will jab your stare Fly down […]
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