Every Monday brings its challenges. It is engrained in our culture this belief that Mondays are going to be tough days. Mondays are the days that we must bear with in order to survive the work week, but what if we don't want to just survive... what if we want to thrive.. I love …
Last week's unstated theme was obsession and addiction. My worst addiction is a life long one. My addiction to the written word began when I was an infant. My family read to me, my teachers encouraged me and in books I found the friends I was unable to make in real life. And it all …
It is late on a Friday night and I am living the dream; writing in my undies and enjoying an adult beverage. Heaven right? Okay, maybe not for you, but this fourth week of school has been pretty rough. The kids are finally getting into their routines, relationships between teachers and students are being squared …
Time is always speeding past us. Always moving forward and going on whether we like it or not. Anniversaries and birthdays come... And often we come up with elaborate ways to celebrate them. In my case, I love to plan and then life does it thing and the plans go to waste because there is …
Today, I had every intention of finishing the poetry post after school was out. Then I read something at lunch that stop me in my tracks. An email informing me that I am now the new English Department Chair. For the past three years there has been a different chair. Each time I found out …
Leaving my neighborhood this morning, I noticed something unusual for a Labor Day morning trash cans lining the curb. This just shouldn't be.. don't my neighbors know that the trash men don't come on holidays. But maybe this year, it is going to be different.. maybe they will come. Maybe America or at least Orlando's waste management company has …
Intense, assertive and talented, Chef Gordon Ramsey is one of the world's most famous chefs. As a devoted fan, I have watched every episode of Kitchen Nightmare's (both U.S. and UK versions), the F-Word and Master Chef as soon as they are available on-line. He has inspired millions of people to go back into the …
Review of Then Her Wig Fell Off: Sometimes We Just Need to Laugh By Will Bevis Available through Amazon for $1.99 This e-book delivers on its promise to make you laugh. Not just a chuckle, but a full body down to your toes laugh that heals the bit of our soul that life wears down. …
No poetry today No lyrical musings on life's quandaries No alliteration or clever meter No inspiration demanding to be heard Begging, Pleading for release Just a blank page disappearing With a click and a clack A snap and a tap
Review of The Other West Moore By Wes Moore Available through Amazon Since the day that NPR aired a story on this book it has been on my reading list. It was one of the first books that I added to my current reading list on Goodreads. Then I purchased my kindle and material reading …
Lucinda Rose 