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 am a fairly healthy person. Except for.. well, I was going to joke and list 1000 things wrong with me. But maybe that wouldn’t be funny. To me it is. I’m an acquired taste perhaps. But, most of the time my labs come back perfectly. Except this […]
Sharp shards of me Streaming down the coast Screaming for attention Sending frozen shivers across the back Subtlety in the background Silence needing to be extinguished Some dark days ahead, but Surely some light must emerge Shards of me shimmering in the moonlight
The guy blocked me. He was exasperated. He was flustered. He was annoying. Although, as I will note everyone has a different comfort level regarding covid and possible covid exposure. I get that completely and I try very hard to be respectful. I work in healthcare and thus […]
I am a New Yorker who is always on the go. Well, almost always. I eat while walking and teleconferencing to and from meetings. My legs are restless and just need to keep going. I run, run, run. You get the picture. You can imagine that when I’m […]
We all know that worrying can have plusses and minuses. A lot of minuses. And, yes some plusses. If you find yourself worried about something it may serve as a feedback loop to let you know you care about something. It’s an odd choice for a self-reflection path, […]
This past week while walking the city streets of New York, I came across a large gathering while the helicopters buzzed above. They circled and circled making me a bit nervous. Was there a new protest? Was there a fatal incident? What was happening? Turns out that a […]
Here we go again. Another national holiday in the midst of a pandemic. Another time we should be rejoicing. Yet, our nerves are a bit frayed. Do we really want to think about our weekend plans? I most certainly do not care to. We are in constant negotiation […]
There are occasionally those days where nothing goes right. It happens. You roll with it. Sometimes you can even steel yourself against such days. There are also those days where one thing is supposed to occur and it doesn’t happen. It saddens you a bit. Thriws you off. […]
Quiet Nothing Nothingness Emptiness Words devoid of meaning The beeping just chirps The chirps just echo Buzz and buzzing Ears are crackling The fire quickly burning Yet there’s only silence Or do, it should be
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