Losing and Finding

#Reverb12, Day 20: What was lost in 2012? What do you intend to find in 2013?    I’ve lost friendships, weight, hope, patience, tears, keys, my mind, money, faith, and inspiration.  I misplaced clothes and coupons along with bills, my car in countless parking lots, baby socks, recipes, and grudges….

swaying

#Reverb12, Day 1: How are you starting this last month of 2012? Take a moment, close your eyes, take a deep breath and ask yourself the question: how do you feel… in your body? in your mind? in your day job? in your creative life? in your heart? I will…

Refiner’s Fire

It’s been tough being grateful the last couple days.  I’ll be honest.  The hostilities of the election (now over) were almost too palpable.  The behavior of the citizenry was shameful, on both sides. But in my heart, though I quietly retreated, I was thankful.  So thankful for the bright yellow…

laugh off

  I have many excuses to be angry lately.  Not just a little bit mad or even a little annoyed.  If I ate my hurt feelings lately I would be a Vegas buffet — but a lot less tacky.  Something happened tonight that I should have really reacted to.  In…

bitch, please

I could spend some time talking about how hard my life has been.  I could go into great detail about each of my hardships and trials.  I could sit back on my couch and play the one-upmanship game in how I am a better, stronger person than any other because…

aging

Am I grown? The hell if I know.  I’ve always been old.  So, so old.  My heart has always been claiming social security (better now while we still have it) and my soul has been crinkled with age.  So damn old. When did it happen? Was it when I graduated…