Do Not Despair, Do Not Let Inner Demons Corrupt You.
Try not to be scared of the full spectrum of feeling that it brings up. Do not let it intimidate, frighten, or bother you.
Sung Home: Chapter Fifty Three. {fiction}
How was I going to decide which of these books to copy and which to leave? I had a list of books requested by everyone at home.
Her Choices Are Not a Personal Attack on Theirs. {fiction}
She assumed the questions were an attempt to justify their own choices, as if her choices were a personal attack on theirs.
The Day I Lost My Friend at the Rose Bowl.
It turns out some girl on shrooms... had found her in the bathroom and told her that I had left the bathroom and gone to the blanket where she was sitting.
The Labyrinth: A Series of Art. {Part Eighteen: Strike of Uranus}
When we encounter the Strike of Uranus, it feels like a sudden flash of ideas... with concentrated intensity like a bolt of lightning breaking the sky open.
My Quiet Triumph: I Outlived My Stalker.
My stalker died last month. I outlived his threats and insults. For now, my triumph is a quiet one as I climb into bed with my dogs jumping in right behind.
This Whole Aging Thing Is Novel Territory.
In California, where I live, we have that Covered CA insurance thing, until it’s decimated by the powers that be, or until you reach 65!
The Last Letter My Ex Never Wrote Me.
I awaken with this sense of grief, torn open again. It enrages me that I never got closure. If I’d gotten that ‘Dear John Letter’, what might it have said?
Bohemian Horoscopes: September 2019.
Awesome opportunities are circling around... Luckiest days are September 28-29, when Venus blesses a personal project, a friendship or a group activity.
Where Am I When She Calls? {poetry}
Where am I when my mother finds my father on the kitchen floor? Why does this girl with her face painted white want me to kiss her clean?