300th Post

What words to write today? What mysteries to explore and unravel as I click and clack at the keyboard? This is 300th post that I have published on this blog.  Many more have been written.  Some of them are just waiting for the right moment, for others their moment passed before I was able to …

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Ring True

The bard wrote true when he said that love is not love which alters when alternations finds So do not ask me to forsake the ever-fixed mark of my heart for your reason. Though at times I wish I could could walk away from that which erodes me But Love is not love and this …

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Papa (Flash Fiction)

**Update - 7/26/2013 -  Please note this is a bit of flash fiction I wrote. My own beloved, Papa, is home. Papa died in the morning and in the modern fashion he was buried two weeks later on a muggy afternoon ignoring every command he gave.  People wept, wailed and their eyes were dry before …

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End of the Invasion

All the kittens have homes and my days in the rescue games are over, for the time being. I simply don't have the time or the money to continue. I will help out by contributing when I can by donating to local foster groups and to spay and neuter programs.  The rescue of the kittens …

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Talking to Myself

I spend a lot of time talking to myself. Day in Day out.  I tell myself stories.  Sometimes they are good stories. Other times they are just ways to the time and I don’t mourn them when I lose them to memory. Lately, I have been telling a lot of stories and they have making …

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A Little Girl and A Gumball Dream

When you say the word "Autism" it is easy to figure out who is in the know and who is thinking of the Rain Man. I think of my nephew and his bright face.  Robbie is nearly eight and has mild autism.  Early intervention and lots of love have made the difference between him being able to …

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Justice: A Work in Progress

Living in Florida has never been a dream come true.  The Sunshine State and all its sunshine laws are all misnomers. The first year I lived here, there was the election debacle and things have not improved since then.  Americans scream for justice and do little to work for it.  Floridians are much the same, …

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The Gears of Strange Machine (Ten Cent Tales) – A Review

Book: The Gears of Strange Machine (Ten Cent Tales ~ Vol. 2) Author: Marshall J. Stephens Available: $.99 Kindle Version or $4.99 Paperback on Amazon Ten cents a story, and a penny off if you buy all ten, is a bargain especially for these delightfully twisted and ingenious tales.  Each is unique so much so that my …

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Stepping Up (To the Mike)

In just two short days, I will be stepping up to the mike and reading my poetry aloud to a group of people for the first time since college.  Then, I was in a small circle and we were all sharing our poems and songs. It was small and close. Intimate and safe. Now, I …

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