One of the most innocuous, yet grossest things is the dried toothpaste hanging onto the tube. It sits out there reminding you of your laziness and how much you hate going to the dentist. It sits there reminding you of how you need to clean. It shows you […]
I’ll win, but at what cost I’ll bring it home, to what applause I’ll reign supreme, yet the mudslide is thick I’ll cross the finish line, with aches and broken bones Talk to me without the advesarial stance We can dance to careless whispers Hopscothing in the moonlight […]
I’ve had a hard week and it’s not even done. I’m tired and cranky. Yet, I’m also dreamy and streamy. Oh wait. I have no idea what that means. I’m sleepy. Yes, sleepy. Running on empty. Hoping for a change of course. What shall, no one knows. I’m […]
Look, I’m a diehard New Yorker. I don’t drive. I love pierogies and bagels. I can walk for hours on end. Yet, lately I’ve been holding onto my pepper spray a little tighter and have been glad to wear a mask. Let’s start with the latter. New York […]
Tick tock. Tick tock. Time is spinning away. The sand in the hourglass is steadily dropping down. Supposedly, “The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it”. Here is a secret, though. If you surround yourself or are […]
We love our hero stories. We love our conflicted antihero. At some point we want an origin story. Why? How? One question we’ve been readily grappling with as a society is who is a hero. These days I’ve been a bit of a curmudgeon feeling that we bestow […]
I have a public announcement to make. I like to make pronouncements as it is fun to do so. However, I do take it seriously. Take this as it is meant to be taken. This is just a motto to live by. Of all the money we spend, […]
All through spring, I had been looking forward to travelling again. I had a ton of accumulated vacation time and sadly what is worded as “use or lose” time. Considering that Americans are notorious for not taking time off or not even having time off in certain positions, […]
I am the type of person who gets excited about being excited. I like cheering myself on while also boosting others. I like the taste of joy. I recently read that excitement is a mixture of enthusiasm, motivation, intuition and creativity. That seems about right to me. As […]
When I become uncorked, I am way bubbly. And, for the record I am almost always uncorked.
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