Healing is part of the circle of life. Yet, we often bypass it or try to just forge ahead essentially skipping the healing process. And, healing is not just for a scraped knee or broken heart. One must heal from all sorts of “injuries” ranging from betrayals to […]
New York City was, and maybe still, known for being the city that never sleeps. For me, that was always a big part of the New York city charm. I loved being able to still hang out or order food at 3am. Not that I have done so, […]
You label and liable You point and accuse You speak without a noble tongue You share a manufactured anger You vilify the air You use your power to diminish But you’re in a putrid bubble of obstinance But you have no foundation But you don’t know me You […]
Growing up we read fairy tales that had happy endings. However, those happy endings included defeating some kind of villain. We were brought up with the big bad wolf concept. Then we have all these superhero movies that have a grand, larger-than-life villain. We’ve been exposed throughout our […]
Joy. Joy. Joy. I’m determined to find joy. Be joyous. Share joy. I’m determined to cast aside the fogginest and dark clouds that try to sweep down and cage us in. I can’t wait weeks or months. The pursuit of joy cannot be put on hold. Today’s joyfull […]
Well, the new year has arrived. I’m not too sure if it feels any different from last year. The rain is coming down cleaning out the air and, hopefully clearing out a path for good things to come. In some states, the new year is bringing an increase […]
This is it. The last day of the year. I saw a headline that noted we are entering the third year of living with the coronavirus pandemic. The headline struck me. Three years. I don’t know where these two years went. So much haze. With said haze in […]
I’ve been writing everyday more or less for about five years straight. More or less. This past year I missed a few days because I’ve probably reached some level of burnout. I just found that on a couple of occasions I couldn’t let my thoughts free flowout Some […]
There’s no doubt that at the top of anyone’s wishlist for 2022 is that covid goes away. If it doesn’t go away, then we’ll settle for it becoming endemic like the flu. What I want most, which likely mirrors the list of others, is to have a life […]
This is it. We are in the homestretch. The last week of the year. We start our end of the year retrospectives. We start our new year’s resolutions. We start thinking about what we should do about spring break, memorial day. Well, actually maybe we are not quite […]