When I was in elementary school they told us to shoot for the moon and you will land among the stars what I heard was that I should expect to fail And so it was confusing to me when my mother got angry with me…

just do it i never came down to the city often it’s only a 90 minute drive but there never seemed a reason never felt at home surrounded by so much concrete & so many people so even though that one particular peccadillo has been…

I don’t dream anymore But if I did I would travel back in time Back to my country My state My town My city I’d travel back even if no one went with me Imagine that I would hear the beating of drums before reaching…

CITIES OF LIGHT AND SHADOW Or, Finding the MirrorMask ~inspired by the movie MirrorMask, written by Neil Gaiman   it’s a dream but it’s not a dream because really it’s another world   this is a city of front and back a city of light…

A mere drizzle last night and this morning multiples of tiny pools have formed outside my door. Fetid, because floodwater mingles with sewage oozing from the leaky septic tank. Garbage heaps clog drainage channels and floodwaters reverse into unfortunate streets that haven’t seen electric light…

“The salivating aroma of the kitchen, Is unique and beautiful. A world of flavor and spice packed into sense, Scents that make you yearn to taste, Foods with such a lovely aroma must have a lovely taste. My grandmother at the helm of the kitchen,…

  Choosing Life   Today, my fate has been decided by a panel of lifelong politicians, solemnly sworn to uphold and interpret the laws of this land, put in place by our Founding Fathers. We gave them their power, but who gave them permission to…

A prompt that couldn’t be more timely as I stay in god’s own country streets lively as can be oh of course, it’s the capital city! For me though, it’s so much more it’s my summer vacation my only connection to the city This is…

I have never really feared monsters boogeymen in closets demented clowns things from other dimensions Meh. I grew up in the 1960s watching 50s B movies Karloff, Lugosi epics saw Godzilla as cute, not menacing Fun Now in my sixth decade I do believe in…

There had been an unseen monster, a trickster, a sweet-tongued deceiver. There was its menacing impact from misapplied influence of the stronghold. There is a gush of light, shinning bright, divergent, and full, beaming brightness into the monster, eating up every iota of the dark,…