An Original from Writalla ’98
I see you in the distance Like a fire burning bright I want you but I can’t have you ‘Cause you are hers tonight Though you belong to someone else […]
Raindrops of the Mind
– The rain spatters on the road. I can hear it from the bed as it coerces me from slumber. It is dripping… from eaves and trees alike. Realizing that […]
Writing a Novel is Like Parenting a Child
It begins with the dream. The writer thinks to himself, “I think I would like to write a novel.” The idea of the novel, much like the idea of children, […]
Quickie!
Quickie! Been writing a lot more lately, in more ways than one. Sometimes I forget. It can take something catastrophic or even just a tiny thing to get me on […]
Day Turned Into Night
The sun would be our guide but day turned into night. How long has it been since I wrote that piece? Years. Years since the days […]
Gaze of the Endless Mirror
Please don’t patronize me with Old village phrases and Expressions of the passing of Time Reading your face proves impossible For you only gaze back with endless mirrors
Words Are Falling
Words are falling all around me But yet I cannot pick out the right ones To tell you how I feel It’s all a blur I can’t see through To […]
Slow Drag
Nothin to me Nothin to me Nothin to me No more Yeah that must be it. Once upon a time, I asked, “Which way to the top?” knowing that sooner […]
Reactions
I am a constant reaction. It seems everything I do is a reaction to something else. I feel like I have no control. I’m steering, but I’m so busy avoiding […]
It’s Football Season! YAY!
I don’t know about you, but I so ❤ football season. There's just something special in the air. So much possibility, so much promise. The field is my oyster. Or […]
Deployment Sucks
So, deployment sucks. My husband left for one recently, and it’s already burning a hole in my life. As a Navy family, we’ve been through deployments before, but this is […]
Parents-Space
Hey guys! So this has been a totally crazy week for me. My husband got home from a mini-deployment, and we’ve been spending a lot of extra time with the […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 21: Success
Day 21: Success Well, I didn’t always post on the correct days, but I managed to make it through the blogflash-a-thon. Tomorrow CampNano starts, God help me. I have a […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 20: Education
Day 20: Education Whoever says that children don’t learn through play is a liar. A big fat liar. Today, my son caught three fish by making a “minnow trap” in […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 19: City
Day 19: City Being a child in a big city was such an amazing experience. There was always something to do. The world was busy and loud and it positively […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 18: Money
Day 18: Money Have you ever made a list of things you would buy if you had lots of money? I did the other day. We recently got a financial […]
