Last week, I wrote the first of a two-part series on how my blog made it to its 2nd anniversary! The piece was generally positive, even exuberant in its tone if I do say so myself. After all, what's not to be exuberant about when it comes to celebrating anniversaries and milestones, right? Well, the … Continue reading My blog turns 2! (Part 2 of Commemorative)
I hate this place. Sitting here staring blankly at the laptop screen, wondering what to say, what to type, what to create next. The truth, or at least some transcendent revelation, is what I hope to always post up and put down for posterity, for my loved ones, for the world. But what if "truth" … Continue reading Living and writing from the “in-between” moments
There's really no other way to say this. I really do have "Reader's Block"! Yea I know, I hear your questions. The spoken ones that seek clarification; and the unspoken ones that wonder if I'm a runaway inmate from some nearby asylum! Of course I'm hoping the more likely question would simply be: "Does he … Continue reading Help! I have “Reader’s Block”…and more!!
(Never) A Part of Your World It seems I was neverA part of your worldThe beautiful, hip, sophisticated crowd.It seems I've beenClinging, wishing, hopingMy stupid head in some stupid cloud. Took me half a lifetime To finally seeSo I guess this one'sThis one's on me.I was never everGoing to beA part of your world. But … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #20
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Yes, I can hardly believe it myself too! Especially when I'm a 50 year old minimum wage earner, without a steady income stream, yet with a family to feed. Seems reckless, even irresponsible. Right? And writing. Really? That much money spent for something that I ought to … Continue reading Would you invest $2,000 to learn to write and to “recover” yourself? I did.
As a writer, I shouldn't be asking this question. Yet here I am, asking it anyway. Why do I read? Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com I thought I knew the answer to this. I read in order to learn things; to understand things; to enjoy things. I read to discover what I've yet to discover, … Continue reading Losing my “read-ligion”! How reading’s become more restless than restful
My Christmas Wish Photo by VinÃcius Vieira ft on Pexels.com There can be no shadowUnless there's first a lightBright days will always followEven after the darkest night When Jesus came as a babyHe wasn't welcomed with delightWhen Jesus came as a babyIt was darkIt was blackThere was fright But came He didTo give our world … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #7
Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com I woke up this morning to an article about not letting go that caught my attention, even though it typically wouldn't. Cos it had something to do with business, and being most 'un-business-like', I usually skim these headlines and move on. Also, I'm unfortunately a product of this generation … Continue reading Letting go is hard – unless you know your purpose
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Silent writing - best done when the world's fast asleep! There's something to be said for silent writing into the dead of night and during the wee hours of the morning. Aside from the quiet and the cool, it affords the most optimal platform for the fullest formation of our … Continue reading Silent writing while the world slumbers
Photo by K V on Unsplash Weekends When did it happen?When did my weekends begin to merge?They now seem on the vergeOf plunging me into endlessMelancholyMundanityMorosity I don't know. All I know is how I love my Mondays nowEven more my TuesdaysThey've given me new MeaningsMeanderingsMusings But I struggle to make sense of all thisThese … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #3
