Manic Monday Moody Monday

  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 …

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Accidential Sunday

The curse of a super productive Saturday is a involuntarily lazy Sunday.  I slept til noon today and then went back to bed an hour later til four.  Sinuses are evil, but I don't think they are responsible for the excess sleepiness. It was the curse.  The Saturday curse. It never fails when I have …

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The Hunger Games – Satisfied at Last

The Hunger Games review which I posted a few weeks ago was just a quickie; a brief note to let you know where I was in the trilogy. Now that I have finished, I am delighted to say that I am really and truly satisfied with the story and how the author choose to end …

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Tears: Two Poems by Aaron Sawyer

Tears of Pain They keep falling one by one Every shred of emotion is seen within them They keep falling, never seeming to be done A pain you can’t even fathom hiding behind them They keep falling and they continue to run Your strength fades as you stand there watching them They keep falling, not …

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Beauty Does Not Equal Happiness.

My neighbors are generous souls.  They are just plain good folks. Their home is always filled with friends and on occasion someone who needs a home. One of their latest borders is a young man named David, twenty-two, uneducated and trying to put his life together.  He also has a crush on me.  A bad …

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Play Nice

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 …

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The Sea

The sea, ..........Don't you hear it? That primitive, contemporary, futuristic beat .........Of that waves resounds in the minds ear for eternity It's peace and calm, ........Heals the wounded soul Its fury .......Lives for the fight to survive in man The sea, .......Don't you hear it? Inviting one to live, .......Challenging one to survive..... ~ Judith …

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Happy Birthday to …

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 …

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No Poetry Today

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