I remember feeling invisible. It was some season or other, warm enough to spend time outside just shooting the shit. I stood beside my dad in a friend’s side yard, in a group of people circled up and having a conversation. Or rather, everyone around me was having a conversation that I was not a […]
Writing
Goodbye (and Living Forever in Memory)
Late last night, I said goodbye to my best friend. Today, the words still hurt, and I imagine that they will for a while. It’s always hard to lose someone or something special in your life, and the deeper the love between you, the deeper the pain. Eight years ago, an amazing being came into […]
Before You Quit Writing, Read This
A little under a year ago, a friend of mine started a writing group. His intention was for this to be a different kind of writing group, one where writers could come together and support each other, to kick the “starving artist” routine once and for all. I signed on from the very beginning, not […]
2012 (A Year in Review)
2012 was the year that it was all supposed to end (again). December 21 wasn’t that long ago, and it turns out the Mayan calendar didn’t foretell the end of the world. Maybe it was just a big shift in cosmic energy at play, or maybe it was just another year, another spin around the […]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (and other fun developments)
It’s that time again. Another Tuesday rolls around, and with it another opportunity to reevaluate the purpose behind this blog. Next month will mark a year of weekly posts, never a skipped week, and only on occasion of a technical error a missed Tuesday. I have written in the past about the reasons behind my […]
Personal “Sacrifice” (and the greater good)
Our society tends to understand when people move up, move away and on to better things, but that understanding fades when they see someone’s actions as giving up something that they have earned. We understand when someone gets excited about a new promotion, buys a bigger house, moves to a better neighborhood or a city […]