Cities of dreams and lights on the water.  Cities where crystalline air is only outnumbered by smog.  Where people walk, possessed with dark hats and trench coats, possessed as mad.  While briefcases filled with papers lie abandoned at the bus station, a child sitting beside it.  Pointing at the stars and saying she wants…

   Take life in bits and pieces When no one’s watching, say That good things last forever, And the End is far away . 

   I sat down cross legged, my fingernails digging into my thighs. There was a knock on the door, a basic greeting of formalities, and room service was brought in and served with a smile. The sun was setting outside and you could just see the tips of it burning over the edges of an…

  Yeah. I know it’s not something that all of us roll out of bed thinking. But we have to smile at least once a week, right? I don’t want to be that person who is chipper every single second because that sounds positively exhausting. But I don’t want to be in a haze all…

   Wishes with a grandeur Of pale silk on an autumn day.  Wishes for small trees On warped wooden tables, Kisses of the sun  On reddened ruby cheeks.  Care for me not Even as I leave you Wishing of all wishes That I was still with you In places where the Sun Is only outnumbered…

   I can’t be the only baby who can’t handle the cold. Right? Right? Sigh. Maybe I am. But at least the brutal cold prepared me enough to sit by my heater and write that novel all day. Maybe cold depressing winters are just a blessing in disguise. It’s like Mother Nature taking a megaphone…

   New days, new adventures. Open that metaphorical first page of the New Year. It’s cold for some people and a pair of forlorn deer are staring despondently at the snow on my back lawn. Winter means different things to different people. Like it or hate it, winter will be here to stay until a…

   I became an author this year for 2015. That’s pretty big, isn’t it? I’ve always been a writer, but I’ve never had a true feeling of being an author. I always saw it as more of a dream, or some hazy future that was too good to be true. But being an author with…

  Thanks everybody (especially you top five features in this report. You know who you are. 😉 ) who was awesome this year! May next year be even better and get even more people involved. Good wishes for everyone!!! 😇   The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s…

   So I watched the premiere of the latest Star Wars and have to say that I loved it. What can I say? It was amazing. It has a great pace, riveting action, and humor interspersed with drama. It has the qualities of a movie that I have not seen in a long time. I…