The plans for the weekend tweaked themselves a little and the only thing I did that I planned was see Spider-Man: No Way Home, so let’s start with that!


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I almost named this post “the final straw” but how melodramatic is that? Explanation perhaps at the end.


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As I write now, it’s September 11, 2021. Twenty years since 9/11. I won’t post this today but I thought I’d take that moment to pause, as one does on this day but I suppose especially this day twenty years later.

What did we learn from that day, from those days after, from that moment in history? People say, “Never forget.” I want to say, “What ( Read more... )

“Keep having fun”

I’ve known for a few weeks, maybe a month, that a friend from work was going to take that last breath then nothing more. Knowing she would be gone did nothing to soften the sorrow when the news finally came on Tuesday morning. I had to wait until after work to cry my tears.

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their eyes meet
they both freeze
time slows
before the next breath
he sees forever
she sees promise
who will smile first
who will speak first
who will take that step first
once the beat strikes again
they look away
they take that breath
he smiles first
she takes that step
towards the promise
towards forever


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stir slow this chaos
let it brew foul and fester
until it’s too late


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