Every horrible act of violence is only exceeded by the endless media hyping that inundates every moment following it. The constant competition for ratings and trying to “outdo” each other for viewers is overshadowing the main issues that need to be addressed. Gun control leaps from the mouths of those involved. Take away all guns leaps from others. While the NRA and its hardline supporters in Congress tout gun ownership w...
Is it just me… or has anyone else noticed that our sneaky ass markets went from 12-ounce cans to 10-ounce? So now when a recipe calls for a 12-ounce can of weasel nuts, our calculations are all messed up and the recipe is screwed. Is it just me… or has anyone else noticed that paper towels don’t absorb as much anymore? They just don’t wick up liquids like they used to. I find myself hollering, “Honey, bring me a bath towe...
I’ve been told I write too dark. Just my way of saying life isn’t a walk in the park. Some say I have no humor. That’s just a rumor. I laugh now and then. There was this one time back in 2010. It was way more than just a smirk. I’m not a complete jerk. Although, I am a piece of work. With at least one quirk. I always try to write from the heart. Which may not make me very smart. Giving you the best I got. Maybe not. I cou...
I remember sitting in class in high school watching the other kids socialize and grab-ass. Their laughter ringing in my ears as if life was a plate of oysters, each one filled with pearls. I was the oldest of eight kids with parents who were selfish, self-centered abusers, but they aren’t the subject of this tale. Each morning I would have to get my brothers and sisters up, feed them breakfast, and comb their hair to get...
Wait! I said wait! Don’t go. I’m not ready yet. I’m never ready. Every time someone leaves they take a piece of my heart with them. I only have a tiny piece left. What happens when that’s gone? What fills the void where my heart once was? No check and balance for my mind. Just empty thoughts without feeling. Darkness. Too great a risk. I must defend what’s left. Block entry to all who seek admission. Keep it safe from tho...
For my friend Ravenpearl. Marcie forever in my heart. I wish… we had met long ago. Running through the fields as children. Giggling at butterflies tickling our noses. Grass so high it brushed our cheeks as we ran. All those fences climbed on the shortest journey home. I wish… we had held hands on a hill and watched clouds morphing into familiar shapes. Our friendship becoming seamless and natural. Always the trees bendi...
Sadly,As I pen this tome,I once again,Find myself alone. When I was young,I had such dreams,I wasted them all,Falling apart at the seams. My life was lived,In parceled moments,The ones I loved,Became opponents. The joy within,That young boy’s laughter,Became cries to the man,Losing what I sought after. What chance had I,Being the likes of me,For who could place value,On a mud-crusted penny. I forlornly watched,As the rose...
Why is it…The kitchen trash always needs to be emptied the day before trash pick up…The manufacturer always recommends a maximum 60w bulb in a fixture, but you need 3 of them…That every battery required between AAA and D cell are 1.5 volts…That when I was a kid we never had expiration dates on foods and we survived…That people decide to use a card to pay for everything, yet look at the swipe machine in front of them as if...
I’ve never been a man who wandered…Or lost my focus and lazily sauntered…My paths may have been twisted and broken…They often lead me to places best left unspoken…As I walked between spaces both light and dark…The man that I am tried to leave his mark…More often than not the sand washed away…All my efforts for naught just cast astray…Each stumble and fall left me battered and bruised…My failures trumpeted, my successes mi...
So many recent headlines about air travel lately and none of them have been good. When I was a boy, air travel was special. People used to dress up in their finery and look forward to getting from here to there in hours instead of days.Planes were never full. There was a flight to wherever you wanted to go. The stewardesses would bring you hot meals and cold drinks. They walked up and down the aisles looking to assist you...
A few weeks ago I had to go into the doctor's office for my bi-annual epidural in my lower back. A cocktail of lidocaine, cortisone and various and sundry magical concoctions that let me maneuver my manly bulk with less pain.As I jumped up on the table to wait, I got a severe twinge in my right shoulder from my torn rotator cuff from my too many sports days. My left is torn as well, but it doesn't get the use that my righ...
Good Old St. Nick, (Who is a bit of a dick), Thought this Christmas, He would just play a trick. It didn't matter how nice you were, Or who you hugged or who you kissed. Santa was changing the game, And using only his naughty list. Ironic or inevitable, How you see it depends, But isn't it odd, that Santa's naughty list, Is a perfect match to Dreamcatcher's friends? Ravenpearl, is a wicked girl, We've all heard that befor...
She stood regally for fifty plus years I am told. The last 10 years on my watch. Guarding the front southwest corner of our garage. Towering a majestic 70 feet into the air with a drip line 20 feet in all directions from the trunk. Home to many of nature's creatures. Squirrels, birds, a hawk on occasion, and two different raccoons would climb her silently at night causing my motion sensor lights to emit. A massive 63" ci...
Who invented this language that we speak?Does a bucket leek or leak?Why is there a K in knife or knee?And who the hell spelled psychiatry?English is spelled just how it sounds.Yet everything else is meant to confound.I before E except in weigh?OK, fine, but end in GH you say?An ' contracts but a … omits?Who's to say what punctuation fits?Does a person have a sole or soul?Maybe we better take a pole. Or poll?Stake for dinn...
