When I was a kid, sick days were rare, yet always scripted. There was the large humidifier that sat on the folding tray at the foot of my bed, pumping out warm, moist air. The steam from it rose in circles until it hit my ceiling, then dissipated, and I liked to imagine it spread … Continue reading Cold Medicine and Warm Blankets
Dear Journal, I love Sundays. There’s just something about Sunday that is freeing, at least when I don’t work. Maybe it’s because Saturdays when I was young were always tied up with religion, not being able to do things, so Sunday was wide open, a spot of brilliant sunshine after the rain. And Sundays were … Continue reading Dear Journal: A Year of Sundays
I hate her, with her hand on her hip like she’s got attitude, spouting words like water, ranting for her supper like some old guy in skinny jeans with a goatee. But she’s not that old guy and she’s never going to be. Instead she’s a pretentious rich girl who feels like “slumming it” is … Continue reading 6th & South, Circa 1997
Dear Journal, Maybe I just liked it when they were Boyz, trying to be Men, but not quite there yet. Perhaps it was the journey of becoming Men that really fascinated me and captured that lightning in a bottle because once they became Men they just haven’t been putting out the same level of music. … Continue reading Dear Journal: Changing From Boyz II Men
When I was a kid Saturdays meant going to church and waiting for the sun to set. When I moved into my 20s it was all about eating frozen waffles and trying to figure out why I was no longer going to church. Then I hit my 30s and Saturdays became relaxing days, days when … Continue reading Saturdays
“What is your favorite way to spend a lazy day?” When I think of lazy days I think of summers when I was in elementary school, when we would sit on the couch all day long and watch re-runs of Gilligan’s Island, I Dream of Jeannie, and various other shows that were more repetitive than … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #1
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