That Night in Parramatta
She was mine. This city. This place. This country I had dreamed of since birth. You can trace my desire back to my earliest school assignments […]
On An Earth Day Like Today
On an Earth Day like today
I see a ray of light and sway.
I perceive a horizon that seeks
and speaks of health and happiness
“She’ll Do”, Part 2
I’d only been potentially attracted before, which is a much easier situation to be in. But then, just as things were escalating in just the right way, the hotometer started ringing louder than it had ever rung before.
Christus Resurrexit!
One late afternoon,
with crucifixion complete,
body taken down
for friends to collect;
Women washed, anointed, wrapped
him in a white cloth,
“She’ll Do”, Part 1
Sometimes I wished I had a little device implanted in me that told me whether or not the men I passed every day found me attractive. That would have saved me a lot of rejection and wasted time, you know?
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March 26, 2022
Awake and outside
among nocturnal animals
something between prey and predator roaming
March 20, 2022
Daisy is amazing on the guitar, and a genius at songwriting. Kane is the same. Standing close to six feet tall, Daisy casts an imposing figure.
March 20, 2022
March 19, 2022
In my dream you were alive.
I saw you: a broken man with a crooked smile telling me
it’s been seventeen years
March 17, 2022
Rita Mock-Pike Having lived in Greater Chicago and Chicago itself for many years now, I’d heard of Bronzeville on several occasions. However, I’d never particularly had […]
March 10, 2022
The characters, even the ancillary characters, came alive on the pages. It was beautiful, horrible, deadly, life affirming and didn’t shy away from asking tough questions.
March 9, 2022
The rest of the staff were laughing by the time we got to the windows, and I did have to repeat it several more times. Especially with the manager standing nearby.
February 26, 2022
Sha Huang It’s okay to be unsure when your brush touches the paperA brush moves with its own willwater and color collideWrestle, merge, and give birthSpontaneous […]
February 19, 2022
February 17, 2022
Not much is more important in the creative realms than representation. There’s something about seeing yourself in a character, on a screen, on a page.
February 12, 2022
“No crime you’ve committed against yourself first, others later, demands erasure.”
February 10, 2022
As I began my walk, I immediately noticed one thing: dandelions. I don't know how they do it every year, but they come in droves. Seriously, there were a lot of dandelions.
February 9, 2022
Extasia lived up to its name, ecstasy. I absolutely enjoyed every minute of this dizzying rollercoaster ride. My emotions ran rampant as I read. I worked through every single emotion from laughter, squeamishness, anger, to victory fist pumps.
February 6, 2022
When I was young, I was always in trouble at school and home for asking silly questions. I never seemed to ask the right question to […]
February 5, 2022
when nobody calls, I pick up
the days go down the alleyways
I rise
brush my teeth
like they’re all not already rotten
and wonder
January 31, 2022
It was a difficult read for me because I wanted to cheat so badly and skip to the end to find out what happened. Don’t judge me too harshly. I never do that with a book I am reviewing, so I kept to the path. I didn’t skip ahead and was very glad I allowed the book to unfold the mystery. It was almost as if I was uncovering Tess’s reaction to God’s love, voice, and grace throughout the book.
January 29, 2022
In 1992 Los Angeles erupted into riots
Latasha Harlins was murdered by a Korean shopkeeper.
January 24, 2022
"Whatever goals you have created for yourself for the new year, and no matter whether those goals have been reached or already broken, it is never too late to turn a new leaf and begin again."
January 22, 2022
January 21, 2022
Reading this book was like climbing onto a rollercoaster that cascaded to its end in a dark mountain. You never knew where the next thrilling twist would take you. I devoured the pages in one day, as if I was starving and the book was my only meal.