Dear Buyers, There is a small but prolific vine that pops up all over the flower bed in front of the house. I left her alone at first because she was lovely and bore tiny flowers. She managed to choke and kill one of the lavender plants while I wasn’t paying attention last year, and…
Category: Essays
Grasping : Attempting to Fill the Infinite Void
Have you ever felt like there’s an emptiness in your life? A certain nagging dissatisfaction? A longing for something unnamed? You try to fill the void by overindulging in pleasurable acts, like shopping, eating, drinking, sex…the problem is that the hole has no bottom, it is infinite. For a while you are satisfied with the…
My Cat Has ADHD
I was sitting in a comfy chair watching my cat as she happily purred, kneaded and clawed my bathrobe. Divinely relaxed as she was, every noise, movement or change in lighting, caused an immediate shift in her attention. Though she continued to purr, her focus was elsewhere for a moment. Once the interruption ceased or…
The Art of Forgiveness
Forgiveness is an art, and I am far from a master. I can forgive well enough to get past the anger, temporarily at least, and do the right thing, preform the task at hand…show kindness to those who have hurt me. Completely letting go, however, forgetting, is another matter altogether. It’s not that I can’t…
Keep the Faith
It’s easy to keep the faith when times are good. When times are tough, however, when uncertainty reigns, it’s not so simple, is it? …not quite so easy. Staying positive and knowing all will unfold as it’s meant to; learning the lessons set before us and rolling with the waves of stormy seas, is what…
Bring On The Pain
So here we go again. I know what my next book will be about. The basic flow, the chronology of events, is worked out in my head. I’ve named the characters, visualized the settings, and have begun to put pen to paper. (I like to start with paper and pen, then move over to the…
Giving Thanks
The year has begun to round out. Now, we as a nation, ceremonially give thanks over a ritual feast. But what are we to be thankful for exactly? Staggering unemployment? Mounting death tolls in a Biblical war with no beginning and no end? Degradation of civility and a multitude of freedoms? Dereliction of duty? Growing…
Drugging Einstein
What if ADD and dyslexia are not disabilities? What if they are actually abilities and only labeled as such because the “normal” (neuro-typical) brain is in greater abundance and simply does not understand the spatial nature of a dyslexic mind nor speed of a brain with ADD? ADD’ers and dyslexics are non linear, intuitive learners…
The Violence of Peace
If you follow me on Facebook, you’re probably cognizant of the fact that I’ve been avoiding writing this problematic piece since the title first flashed across my brain some weeks ago. (I’m much happier writing about the inner world, than the outer.) Just now, browsing the internet, I came across an essay by George Orwell…
In Praise of the Female Ejaculatory Orgasm
I write this high. Not on synthetically manufactured drugs from a pharmaceutical lab, nor those of dubious origins (most likely cooked up in the kitchen of a trailer somewhere within the backwoods of our great nation). No, I am high on a natural combination of chemicals that I don’t pretend to understand. Though the exact…