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Self Help
In one area of my life, I have come to the point of burnout: I’m cynical, I have a lack of energy, and I’m simply not as interested as I once was. I was unaware of the warning signs as they were...
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A Christmas Carol From the Recalcitrant
Many people are stressed during the Christmas holiday, which can range from being overextended to feeling depressed. Even for those of us who don’t celebrate Christmas, there is no getting around it....
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Hello, Hello
Every so often, I define who I am on this blog–as much for myself as for my visitors. I like to compare changes over time. I’m a poet, and my biggest goal when I started this blog was to free myself...
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Saturday Morning Live
I was trying to think about what to write and nothing stood out as particularly post worthy. I figured maybe if I put them together then the parts would equal a whole. Random Thoughts I’m a slacker in...
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Scary Movies
The blog Written in Blood contains reviews of movies in the horror genre. In a recent post, nine survey questions were presented asking readers to give their opinions on the subject of horror films....
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1 + 1: “Looking for Guest Posts” Edition
Friends, Writers, Poets: Lend me your words! I want to shake things up around here! Whether we’re blogging buddies or if this is your first visit, I’m open! Wouldn’t your blog post enjoy a change of...
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World Web: Trap or Trip?
(I’m thrilled and honored to present the following guest post by extraordinary poet and deep thinker KalpanaS.** Enjoy, and show her some love in the comments!) I hit the ‘enter’ button, reminded of...
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1 + 1: Random Shuffle Edition
Not for nothin’, here are the first 20 songs with two-word titles that came up on my MP3 player during a random shuffle: Good Times – Chic The Scientist – Coldplay Alphabet St. – Prince Black Butterfly...
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Have Fun in Bed: Control Your Dreams
Do you have nightmares? Lately, I rarely remember whether or not I have dreamed at all. If anything, I may wake up laughing or else seething in anger, but I won’t remember what the dream was about. Not...
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Part-Time Hermit
Sometimes I go through certain phases. Right now I am in a phase where I’m on overload, which is weird because I have an abundance of solitude and quiet. But the quiet is good and the overload is not...
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Prying Loose My Thoughts
Reality and Perception I see me as reinventing myself, in a manner of speaking. But what does that mean? Is it changing my hairstyle, revamping my wardrobe, rearranging the furniture, taking a...
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Poetry Imitating Life
I imagine a lot of people wonder where the line is between truth and fiction in a poem, particularly when you write in a personal style, as I often do. Last week I wrote a poem in part about a mother...
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Here I go again …
Life gives us many opportunities for “do-overs.” For instance, I think parenthood is an opportunity to redo our childhoods. While some of us repeat mistakes made by our parents, some of us seize the...
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