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“We have a new marketing firm. We chose our target, right down to what he wears, how he travels, where he works, age, marital status. He’s obviously a he. We call him…
See that picture above? I took that. It is from my own garden. If you look real close, you can see…
If the Frog Only Knew!
I spend a lot of time living life in my pot. I feel like that frog, stuck in one…
So, the “do something every day” advice, my fellow “mediums,” seems legit! So far. It's only been 8 days. But it's been a mostly productive 8 days.
Not only was I accepted to 100 Naked Words, I have also been doing the #inctober thing on instagram. It’s a drawing…
I’ve already talked about vulnerability here. I’ve talked about how important it is, how brave and authentic it is to be vulnerable. We should all be more open with being vulnerable! I feel like I talk about it and write about it endlessly. If vulnerability was a rockstar, I’d be it’s biggest groupie…
Tía Rosa — Aunt Rose in English — and her husband Uncle Dave were our neighbors when my young family lived in…
Time heals all wounds, or so they say. It’s the kind of platitude that well-meaning people say when they don’t know how to react to your superficial…
When I had my first breakup at 17, I would listen to sad songs endlessly and it would make me feel even worse.
Today while walking home from getting a haircut my friend and I were stopped about 50m from where I live by a police officer.
When I say “stopped” he basically shouted at me from inside the bajaj (similar to a tuk tuk) he was…
Around 9:30am or a bit after, I went out to get breakfast from the restaurant. It was about a five-minute walk through the corridors of the hospital. I got a coffee for myself and a pain au chocolat. I walked over to the till where a rough man in his fifties…
It didn’t end up being what you imagined it to be but your trip to Melbourne was not a waste, by any means.
Another day, another experience, another lesson.
You thought it was going to be one thing, it turned out to be something else.
Write a story.
Write.
A.
Story.
I promised myself that I would not ask of anyone to do that which I couldn’t/wasn’t doing.
Today hurricane Mathew tore through the south east coast of the United States. It brought destruction. Over the next few days, we will learn how much damage was done.
I was on the very edge of the storm, watching a flag pole. The wind grew in intensity and the flag…
It’s strange. Writing is not and probably never will my top priority of my life. I am not even a writer, I love it today, I wasn’t born with some talent in it though.
But I keep writing one story a day, taking time from my main goals in life just to create a story, often…
Today was manic to say the least
Crazy deadline and crazy work followed. Things went right mostly so it wasn’t bad.
Today was also a day when I was stuck in traffic for 2 hours. Terrible rains + traffic =…