2020 Year-End Reflection – En garde, Indeed.

Trigger Warning: depression, death, dying, etc. Have you ever wanted to hype yourself with positive, sunshiny cheery vibes only for reality to show up, snatch that silver lining, and smack you upside the head so bad before dragon punching the honeyed taste of optimism out of your mouth, leaving you bloodied, battered, and oh-so effing …

Am I Your Beard?

This post is long, but it still didn't sufficiently cover everything that needs to be said. Just needed to get some things off my chest. 🙂 I had written it a while ago and I'm kind of glad I delayed posting it because this needs to be said now more than ever. 🙂 Recently, I …

HELP! I Have an Overactive Imagination and (sometimes) I’m Afraid to Use it!

I remember once when I was sitting at home with my oldest son, (he was eight at the time), and he snapped at me, "Why do you keep laughing?" We were supposed to be enjoying silent reading time, or perhaps I was enjoying it a little too much because I couldn't stop laughing out loud …

Haikubes – April 16th, 2020

Theme and Direction: A reflection on. . . my romantic life Your kiss. Wine. Roses. That night, alchemy occurred. Rebirth through our lips.

Haikubes – April 9th, 2020

Okay. Confession time. Today, I chose to be a rebel (click on the link to cue George Thorogood And The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone) and naughtily disregarded the "direction" Haikube, which read (a vision for) and just focused on the "theme", My Family. 🙂 Direction: ::Unlocks chakra a la Naruto Shippuden and unfurls …

Haikubes – April 2nd, 2020

Hello there. I hope that you're safe wherever you may be. Last night as I played Haikubes and prepared photos for upload, I noticed that it was taking an abnormal amount of time to work . . . and then there were lots of uploading errors. So tonight I'm going to post the poem I …

Quotes to Write By – Day 17

I love watching shows and reading books that involve a lot of conflict, tension, and suspense. "I love reading books where nothing happens and the characters just stand around doing nothing." Said No One Ever Likewise, as a writer I want to make sure that I give my readers what they want and screaming for …