Outside my window, I heard a familiar grunting and shrieking. The ground rustled with clumsy, hurried feet that scurried across the yard. I pressed my nose to the window screen and saw two opossums excitedly chasing each other. The warmth of Spring was bringing all the wild creatures back to life; raucous birds in theContinue reading “The False, Powerful Gods”
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Thank you, a mantra.
Breathe in, breathe out. Seated comfortably, window open, a light breeze shakes the curtains. I close my eyes to relax. I wanted relief. I wanted a kind of peace that my sleep wasn’t providing. Hmm. I quieted my body. I say, “It’s ok. We’ll just sit here for a while, it’s ok.” My thoughts andContinue reading “Thank you, a mantra.”
A Story.
Life is so full and plentiful. Sometimes you think you’ve emptied it of its contents. That you’ve traveled the pages of your life’s book. You know the footnotes, you know the detours the stories take. You’ve labeled each chapter and lived it; you’ve molded and formed to each letter of each word on every page.Continue reading “A Story.”
Come Home to Yourself
I thought it was about time to write a blog titled with the tag line of this page. Come Home to Yourself. I’m finding that today, it means something different than my original intent. Today I mean to say, you can come home to the safety within, even when you’ve traveled far away from thereContinue reading “Come Home to Yourself”
The Folds of Mystery
[A Love Letter] I am a seeker down to my very core. I’ve followed the path of intrigue down the darkest passages of misery, thirsty for understanding and knowledge. I’ve learned that in my ability to read so deeply, lies also the fountain of my undoing. Side by side, like two sides of a coin,Continue reading “The Folds of Mystery”