I haven’t written or attempted a new poem in a while – probably going on close to two weeks. Perhaps not coincidentally, I’ve also been spending more time looking for jobs and learning and thinking about how I might be able to eek out a living as a freelancer or a consultant or both. I…
Category: Life
ON LOSS AND BALANCE
Yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of the passing of my ex-fiancee’s mother. I never met the woman, but in getting to know what I can claim to have known about my ex, and in spending a little time with her family, her mother was a larger-than-life figure and her impact on her family was visible…
WALKING MEDITATIONS (PICTURES)
Sunsets (and sunrises) never get old. Storm clouds bring their own sense of beauty and contrast.
WALKING MEDITATIONS
I wasn’t going to write today. Or exercise. Yet, here I am typing away and early this morning I went on a 2+ hour walk. If the weather is even remotely nice, I have a compulsion to get out. This is why the weather forecasts have been so vexing. I hate sitting in waiting for…
GRACE
I changed things up today and went for a run this morning. The weather was just about perfect and had that early morning feel of a soon-to-be warm summer day. It’ll get up to 80 degrees this afternoon. There was a nice breeze, the sun was out, the air wasn’t yet heavy with humidity or…
VOICE (CODA)
After hitting publish this morning on a post that took me a lot longer to pull together than I expected, I had some lunch, did some editing clean up, and went out to the balcony with my afternoon cup of coffee and the book of essays I’m reading. Naturally, picking up in the last three…
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT VOICE
No matter how loud our voices may get, all arguments begin with silence. I never did get back to the post I was working on yesterday morning. In the various arguments that I have with myself, or ex-friends, or the world at large, or my ex-fiancee, but mostly with myself…. I had punched myself out….
A CYCLE OF DOUBT AND DEFENSE
I’ve had a post percolating since yesterday afternoon. Just before, or maybe after dinner I wrote: Here we go… yet another dive in to personal psychology. There is, for me, some value in it. For one, I like to think about the chain of events and thoughts that lead down a path. I also think…
WRITING AND SLOW REVELATION
I seldom get through reading a few poems, or an essay without wanting to hop on my computer and write something. Similarly, I seldom write something without wanting to take it all back or revise it or clarify. I’m thankful that the collection of essays I’m reading seems to support this behavior, this back and…
DON’T WRITE IN THAT
I started a post this morning as a follow up to my second post from yesterday…. I may publish it, I may shelve it. It was not what I had come in from the balcony to write. I actually wanted to write about writing in books… something I never do. This is that post. This…
VALIDATION: IT’S COMPLICATED
Sometime around 5am Nick the cat jumped up on the bed to let me know he needed attention or food or just that it was unacceptable for me to continue sleeping. He’s partially blind, and his claws get caught on everything as he walks. When he comes to wake me up, he stumbles over my…