My recent foray into political commentary usually results in crickets rather than clicks, and I’m okay with that. I don’t write for the stats; I do it because I must. As an American, a veteran, and a concerned citizen, I feel a duty to stand up for others—not just for what affects me personally, but…
I have this huge purple notebook that I used for journaling, and general note-taking while I was in residential treatment for PTSD. I also had smaller notebooks, one for each specific class. I was leafing through my purple one this morning, and found not only notes and journals, but also some “writings” interspersed among it’s…
#ProjectZen #Day21 #GratitudeProject I am grateful for those who create Beauty. For every book I have read. For every song I have heard. For every dance, film, and play I have seen. For every painting and photograph I have studied. I am grateful to all who create Beauty. Without their creative expression, the voice given…
(I wrote this for a cat named Doakes…..who now goes by Dokes and is on Facebook…..in 2010. He was horribly injured in an apartment fire and survived. It took him months to recover and he is scarred, but he is loved!) Emerging from searing flame, and rising from the ashes, With the courage of a…
“A Little More Time” Further up and deeper in My Father calls me to my kin Where my white fur will glisten like snow Heart made strong, steady and slow “Well done, little kitty, well done” Through infirmity you taught us compassion With patience you taught us reason Twitching whiskers, gleeful grin Touch of a…
ripened strawberries sweetened in the summer sun stain my lips bright red (6-8-07, Maria Appleby)