The Bullshit of Aging
Thinner skin, and that’s not a metaphor. Droopy, collagen-lacking, dull skin. Eyes receding into my skull as the muscles grow lax. The free ride was over a decade or more ago, but I didn’t do all the...
View ArticleDreamed A Dream
The numbers were coming in for voting and the Democrats were winning big. We were going to be okay. There would be a lot of damage to undo or repair, but we weren’t succumbing to dictatorship. The...
View ArticleI’m Tired Of It Too
I haven’t been here in a while. It’s all different, just like out in the world. Pandemic, Epidemic I’ve never been in one before – likely, neither have you. I say likely because there have been some...
View ArticleDown Go The Days
I once heard how a goldfish swimming around its bowl is perpetually surprised to find someone looking at it on each go around. I feel like that’s me. Once again, I’m trying to hold myself away from the...
View ArticleToo Much Information
There’s a pile of papers from several years that have been on my to-do list. I’m an information hoarder. I know it’s illogical – especially today when I can ask the internet pretty much anything and...
View ArticleDo You Trust Your Instincts?
My instincts told me to answer this writing prompt today – just kidding! Do I trust my instincts? I think the poster meant intuition because humans do not strictly have instincts. The answer is...
View ArticleSisters Forever
So, what is there to do, after all, when the hard news comes that you knew was coming? You also knew, and held out hope, that sometimes circumstances come together to change momentum’s direction, or...
View ArticleStrangeness
It’s this inbetween-land. Everything looks strange and inaccessible, but it’s also all familiar and available. I think I’m not liking this aspect of human-being. Anger has saved me lately. It’s raw and...
View ArticlePast Present or Present Past
I dreamed I saw a young woman who had red hair in a long thick braid like my sister used to wear her hair when she was younger. I didn’t dream of my sister – just a stranger. What did that mean?...
View ArticleMapped Out
I don’t know if it’s accurate to say that my body – especially my face – is more and more a map of my life, but it feels that way. The permanent crease above my left eyebrow lets me know that my...
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