What I’m Thankful For

I’m Thankful that I know this: “Dying is easy. Its Living that’s hard”.
And because I know this, I’m Thankful that my heart still beats, that my lungs still draw breath. That for the most part I have my health, and I’m alive and kicking.
That might seem trite to some who don’t know me. But when [...]

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What’s Your PlayList?

This has been done before at least half a million times all over the net and beyond. But hey its pretty cool, so I’m going to do it to :)
These are the songs I have currently in my ipod mini. I’ll list them, flesh them out, provide links when I can, and also a little [...]

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Arizona Lights

Me and my friend Mike had decided to do this madcap road trip. Madcap in the sense we only had 48 hours off from store we both worked at, and well this was IMPORTANT and since our days off rarely coincided – it was a go. See Mike is one of those guys who knows [...]

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I’m 40!

Yep its my 40th Birthday today!
I can’t begin to tell you how long I’ve been waiting :)
I’ve always heard that the 30’s were good, but that the 40’s and beyond for women are awesome!
So I’m very excited!
Today is all about ME. I’m being very lazy and low key and quietly happy and introspective.

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Earthseed: Book II

This is a continuation of Earthseed verses from my first post on this subject. They are taken from the book Parable Of The Talents, the sequel to Parable Of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler. There may be some repetition – as these fictional writings/religious texts are linked together from one novel to the next [...]

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Feathers In A Jar

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Feathers In A Jar
by JEL
I lay on my stomach and listened to harmonies of the bodhisattvas. The singing of the sutras always calmed me. I could not sing along. My head was turned, cradled in the crook of my arms, eyes shut, listening. I could feel the gentle yet essential tugging between my shoulder blades [...]

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I Couldn’t Sleep Last Night

I Couldn’t Sleep Last Night
a Poem
by JEL
I couldn’t sleep last night
My heart kept hammering in my chest
I lay down and curled my body under my blankets
I closed my eyes
They snapped open within seconds and tears began to flow
I couldn’t sleep last night
I couldn’t sleep last night
Maybe I was afraid that if I slept I would [...]

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We Did It

 

 

What touched my heart the most tonight while watching CNN, was what one of the commentators (black male) said. I’m paraphrasing through my tears here, so bear with me
“In the past, when black kids would say I want to be an astronaut, a doctor a teacher etc, you could always point out someone that looked [...]

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