Dear Journal, Why does it always seem like things happen in bunches? For instance, life might be quiet for an awfully long time (and I don’t appreciate the quiet as much as the noise), somehow lulling me into a sense that it will always be that way, and then once I’m in that place it … Continue reading Dear Journal: Busy Is As Busy Does
“I take two steps forward. I take two steps back. We come together ’cause opposites attract. And you know — it ain’t fiction. Just a natural fact. We come together ’cause opposites attract.” ~Paula Abdul Let me put this out there first: we’re not opposites. Far from it. I’d call us complementary if anything, like … Continue reading The Law of Attraction
“Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.” ~Wallace Stevens I looked up one day and realized a decade had passed, and then two, and that time was still passing me by at a reckless pace, but it wasn’t really passing me by. It was … Continue reading Complicated, Part 4
Dear Journal, My oldest child is turning 9 on Saturday, and I honestly can’t tell you where the years went. What I can tell you is that she’s too smart by half when it comes to some things, and not quite there when it comes to others. That’s how everyone is. It’s only the specific … Continue reading Dear Journal: Common Sense
I was born on a Tuesday, the last one of 1976 as it turns out, so the day holds a sense of nostalgia for me. It’s my favorite day of the week because of this, and because it’s situated so neatly in the week overall. It’s not the dreaded Monday, nor the awaited Friday. It’s … Continue reading Two For Tuesday
“What do you look forward to every week?” There’s a time on Wednesday nights when it hits me that I won’t be working the next day, like a ray of light that shines on me and I smile. I look forward to that feeling because it somehow creeps up on me every single week even … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #13
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