Prose
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777 and counting…
Writing heals me. Writing gets my brain moving in the right direction. I FEEL BETTER when I write.
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SoCS – Too Much On Your Plate?
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “on your/my plate.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! Grandma always said if you couldn’t finish your meal, it was because “your eyes were bigger than your stomach”. I never totally understood that when I was 6, but I do now. I also couldn’t…
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When Perfection Eludes
I’m in here. Scared to death When perfection eludes.
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the ursine fur I bear
how did we go from hairy bodies with clean faces to bare skin and bushy beards?
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Unwrapping the Gift of Wenceslas
I have to be honest; I’ve never liked this carol much.
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“Moist” – #SoCS
Moist is for cake. Only. Ever.
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gilt-deep compassion
Time to put some more of our “White Gilt” to work.
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Never Say “No” to Angels
Why do we push against the things we need the most?
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crying eyes cast downward
This canvas was not meant to be pierced.
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a lot of nerve – #SoCS
Different is good
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Lifeguard on Duty
I keep moving my arms away, but those ossified weights just keep pulling her under.
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Choosing a Ring – #SoCS
My Ring doorbell chime still has a witch cackle from Halloween. I should probably change that – or not. There is still some pretty strange and dark magic going on… Is there a sound more appropriate for post-election, pre-Thanksging, COVID-surge insanity that could echo through my home when someone comes to the door? Let’s check…
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a work of unbroken openness – part 2
Look at all those holes…
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Breathing; space.
Working through mental illness is not about being clever. ~ In fact, it’s the opposite of clever. Sometimes you have to stop thinking in order to ever think clearly again.
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emergence
How long can that caterpillar stay in chrysalis before it dies and can never emerge?
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Jagged Bones
I need you to see some flesh on the jagged bones of the life themes I’ve expressed in my poetry.
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The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t
December 26, 2018. Yesterday could have been a very different Christmas. 21 days ago, I tried to take my own life. I’m writing about it for several reasons. First, it has become exhausting trying to keep track of who “knows” and “doesn’t know” what happened, thus creating multiple opportunities for awkward questions and conversations. For…
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Blessings and Breakage – Thoughts on Christmas and 2017
Blessings and breakage live perilously close to one another. At times, blessings and breakage intertwine, to the point where you often can’t tell one from the other, if, in fact, they are not already one and the same.
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What am I DOING here?
I have long had a personal distate for the interview question, “Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?” and my wife will also tell you I have a general aversion to goal-setting as a rule. It’s not that I am afraid to set or commit to a goal, it’s just that so often where…
defying atrophy 