Just yesterday we were laughing at that meme, “Russia gonna find out why the U.S. doesn’t have universal healthcare,” all those fighter jets lined up on the tarmac. But that was before we found out about the cancer silently sequestered inside you. And all this time, you were supposed to be bulletproof, a reincarnated deity … Continue reading
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Why Sharks Don’t Drive Taxis
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Searching Homeward
Traveling Difficult Paths I was driving the other day and noticed a young man sitting on a busy corner of a business amid the activity hub of people going home for the workday. The man looked to be about the age of my son who just graduated from college. He sat with a backpack and … Continue reading
Blind Dating? There’s an App
Blind dating? Why bring back that horror? Cycling back to the days of yore (before smartphones and Tick Tock) way back to the time when telephones were wired into walls and were usually located in the kitchen (we could call it the 1970s, or you could even go later on the timeline). Back to when … Continue reading
Wearing Blinders?
For eleven days, we have stood by to watch horrific history unfold in front of our eyes. We have watched a foul man that many have labeled as unstable warp and craft his own version of history and make a move to land grab a sovereign country. We have watched as President Zelenskiy whose selfless … Continue reading
Flexing Your Fiction Voice
A good way to experiment with and change your rhythm when writing your fiction stories is to experiment with voice. Think of some of your favorite authors or some of the greats. Try writing your story incorporating that voice. For example, maybe you want to enhance your stories with your version of Hemingway, Maya Angelou, … Continue reading
One Year Ago, February
Winter was wearing her final lace gown Look close, spring’s earliest blooms were sprouting like fresh news February promises an end to bitter winter honoring history and presidents even making a sweet case for chocolate hearts Then, so far, we were relatively safe from space lasers giant lizard people and corrupt narcissists who would be … Continue reading
When Mama Comes
When mama comes home she’s wrapped in heaviness like she stacked all the bricks on the corner upon her shoulders side-stepping around in her minimum wage shoes the mark on her arm barely healed working sick in the twilight making ends meet in sorrow home to an old house leaking air and salvation When mama … Continue reading
Veering on the Variables
The absolute value of x is x sometimes usually always? This is as true today as perhaps eons ago I’ll admit that I have trouble with x It’s like a tall, masked Zoro but is it just a letter or an imposter for a number? If a number line reaches into infinity is it a … Continue reading
Ghost Dancing with Dead Cousins
I was quite open to summoning your deceased cat even to calling in the Dead Files to seek the secrets harbored by our house I didn’t object to the large sage plant fumigating every room seeping into silent shadows herbal delight spirit fright! And wasn’t it I the fearless, fanatic searching out the perfect shaman … Continue reading
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