A long time ago, I had asked my sister why she was doing a particular action. She responded that she was doing so because she wanted peace. That answered always stayed with me. Percolating. Brewing. Running circles in my brain. Peace. One moment of peace is wonderful. A […]
Yes, 23 hours ago. I want to be sedated. Yes, the Ramones noted twenty-four hours to go, they want to be sedated. My twist is that 23 hours ago, I wanted to be sedated. Yes, get me into my dreams. Good dreams. No weird, Indiana-jones like, lucid dreams. […]
Batman. Hero. Dark. Brooding. Has crossed some lines. Buffy. Her epitaph read “She saved the world. A lot.” She was good, a savior, but she had a darkness within her. Dexter, had a dark passenger within him. Well, he was an actual murderer. But he believed he followed […]
Most assuredly, there are times at the end of the day where you wonder where the day went. Then you do a quick review of your day and you want to smack yourself. Maybe. Probably. You look back and you look forward. You flash forward. What do you […]
It’s all been written before It’ll be written again There’s always been a list Thousands, in fact But we’ve all written that list And, it’s flipside We’ve tried to square away the reasons We’ve tried to work into the list We’ve tried to walk out from the list […]
Sometimes when I introduce myself, I don’t state I’m a psychologist by training. I have strayed far from the academia realm. Happily. Intentionally. I’ve spoken out before about the field of psychology. I’m a psychologist skeptical of the field. Very skeptical. Yet, I am very much a psychologist. […]
No cookie-cutter here No play-do to set and slime No dough to knead Free-form Free-standing Don’t try to fit me into a mold Loud and proud Silly and a beast A little bit of milk and honey A tad of gin and tonic Not to be constrained Here […]
Pep talks can irk a few. The pushing of hope may lead some to bury negativity until it bubbles up. Bubbly, smiley nods somewhat dismissing the challenges of the moment. I was going to say I hate pep talks. But, assuredly, there is a time and place for […]
Oh, the good old days. The days I ran through the fire hydrant’s splashing waters with great abandon. The days I put banana slices in my Frosted Flakes. The days where I could love both Duran Duran and Guns N Roses. The days in which I wrote long […]
I’ve had to train myself on many a varied things in life. We all have. Some more than others. Just this past week I taught myself how to make a complicated map that needn’t be complicated other for the fact that it was a silly government requirement. There […]
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