We are not always looking for an answer, a 'fix me', but gentle ears. Sometimes it is just assurance that we can make ir take the next step. Others have walked this road and are still standing, traveling, expecting, loving. Thank you for this safe place. May those who are in the ...
How long for a memory to fade, or for resolve, ambition to jade? How long from lust to true love’s make, compared to that for a heart to break? How long for extremist’s violent foment, Or to undo harm, true atonement? How long’s it take for trust to renew, I don’t know....
The poet Fred Voss, who has died at the age of 72, was one of the great American writers of manual labour. He went beyond the poet as witness in a journalistic sense, for he lived what he wrote and he wrote more than three thousand poems. Fred was born in Los Angeles in 1952. In...
Mom had cancer for 20 years before it took her. I was an only child. We were best friends. She died of breast cancer. I miss her every day. She was a wonderful person. Can't seem to get over it. She was a very laid back person unlike me who is like chicken little. She came...
If I am going to get mashed up then that offers little incentive for me to “come to your ends” Perhaps in the future, you might try a slightly different technique? I am partial to a Full English and would be willing to travel a short distance for a free one! As for my dad, he...
Late last night, my stocky papa who smiled and made great Italian meals died This morning my father’s steel face melted into my mother’s collarbone Early this morning, my fierce father died quietly in his sleep Moments later my mother’s tear-laden eyes poured into my collarbone ...
He awoke before the Pearly Gates where saint Peter said,"You died in your sleep Ralph." Ralph was stunned. "I'm dead?No I can't be! I've got too much to live for. Send me back! St Peter said,"I'm sorry, but there's only one way you can go back, and that is as a ...
At bedtime, I fetched hot water for my mother to wash feet. My mother said, "Dear, you have really grown up. " It was the first time that I had realized I was not a child any more. Step Three More practice 1、Before the invention of written numbers, people used many different...
For this reason, my friend flips pennies over. She believes flipping a tails up penny keeps the evil forces on the underside. By reversing the penny, she allows the good side to shine. She also brings good luck to the next person who finds it. ...
getting New England wages for a Tucson standard of living. It would definitely make the move less stressful knowing there is no interruption in gainful employment. And at least technical writing is one step closer to real writing. We'll see what happens. We're officially into spring and it'...