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Shooting Star
I saw a shooting star tonight while driving home from the studio ( Read more... ) -
High School
I just wrote a really long and sentimental entry and realized it was more personal than I had intended so I made that private, yet somehow I wanted to put a shortened version of the same sentiment out there anyhow ( Read more... ) -
Signs
There have been a lot of weird things happening on the career front. I've been at this place now for a few years and things feel very unstable, regardless of what the current equity partners say. I really like my coworkers but at some point they're all going to be gone; a fair number of them have already left and the more I think about it, the more ( Read more... ) -
Writing Prompt - August 2 - Origin Story
Origin story ( Read more... ) -
Moving
It has been a year since we moved into the current place and we are downsizing and moving south a bit. The move is scheduled for Wednesday (with the movers at least) and it doesn't look like we've packed anything at all ( Read more... ) -
Waver
My feelings and attitudes toward my job keep wavering. I suspect this is normal but I'm wondering if the difference between my highs and lows are extreme to the point where it may not be entirely healthy ( Read more... ) -
Dear Sugar
I've been listening to the Dear Sugar Podcast and the more I hear from these sage humans, the more convinced I am that right now is the time to get myself going again. Part of this is taking out the machinery and giving it some test runs before seeing if I can still use it for the long haul. There is much to be cleaned up, polished, and put right ( Read more... ) -
Fandom
Last night I was revisiting poems and rediscovered my love for Linda Pastan's work. There's something about the way she crafts her words that I inspires me. My poetry reading preferences lean towards words that give me pause, causes reflection, and really, just shakes me to the core ( Read more... ) -
why I write
The "why I write" prompt was quintessential to every creative writing class I took in school. All my professors were curious and the answers from me and the other students would range from the very mundane and cliche to bizarre and beautiful. I have written to this prompt dozens of times and it's been a while so in the spirit of nostalgia, here I ( Read more... ) -
Daugher by Nicole Blackman
“Daughter” -- BLOODSUGAR published version ( Read more... )