Category Archives: emotions
From Gold to Junk
My father and mother loved garage sales. Each Saturday morning they would wake up very early, outline the sales in the newspaper and drive around looking for treasures. Their idea of treasures differed. My mother loved to find costume … Continue reading
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E.E. Cummings and My Father
This coming June will be four years that I have been living without my father. My father was such a wonderful man. He was everything I aspire to be. He treated all people the same. He was well respected, intelligent, … Continue reading
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Freeing The Funk
I have been in a funk. It started about a month ago. I don’t talk about my day job too often because the fact of the matter is, out here in cyberspace I like to be known as simply a … Continue reading
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Inspiration Isn’t Always Pretty
If you have been watching the news you should have seen the devastation that poured through my hometown and all surrounding towns this past weekend. Yes, Northeastern Pennsylvania watched in horror as the floods swept away homes (my sister-in-law’s was … Continue reading
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Rejection
Out of the darkness comes a fist to your face. Smashing against flesh Distorting Mangling Upsetting Laughing at your inability to stay fresh You fall to the ground weak and unable to rise A leg from somewhere delivers a kick … Continue reading
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Getting Rid of My Book’s “Baby Fat”
I’m approaching the end of my YA novel titled The Cult. I have been writing this suspense novel for about two years. The idea came to me in a dream right around the time Nanowrimo was about to start. I … Continue reading
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