Mar 10Traumatic Brain InjuryMy Own Story It’s funny how brain traumas, though each is unique, are all the same. The people I have met who’ve survived a TBI were all highly accomplished persons prior to the injury. Once I was talking to a pair of ladies at a gathering of TBI survivors, and…Tbi Recovery4 min readTbi Recovery4 min read
Mar 2Walking Barefoot on the Barbed WirePushing the boundaries I see now that it’s become almost invisible, though if you look carefully between my fingernail and the edge of my boot (and ignore the stretch marks on my knee) you can see a tiny trace of what used to be the worst scar on my left…Essay3 min readEssay3 min read
Published in Promptly Written·Feb 28I Swear, I Put it Right Here!How I lost my brain — “Where is your mind today?” “As far as I know, it’s still on the highway south of Española, where it fell out of my head in 1988.” OK, it didn’t actually fall out of my head. There were no open wounds, so I can’t even say that a little bit…Essay3 min readEssay3 min read
Feb 14Honeysuckle Outside the WindowDaring to look through It’s a sunny day out there. That honeysuckle bush just outside the window probably smells amazing, though this glass thing is blocking us from reaching it. It’s not really fair — Mama can go around the corner there, and suddenly she’s on the other side of…Philosophy2 min readPhilosophy2 min read
Published in Promptly Written·Feb 10SharksMy last moments in the ocean — Please note that this is, to my current knowledge, a fictional account. THE BACKSTORY I was about 13 years old when I came up with an explanation for why I won’t eat seafood. No, I’m not allergic. Yes, I know it’s healthy. I, um, I was a mermaid in another lifetime…Fiction6 min readFiction6 min read
Published in Promptly Written·Feb 4Russell Meyers for PresidentIndependent candidate, 2024 — Russell Meyers is a good friend of mine, who I met in maybe 2005. He is running as an Independent for US President in 2024 . I am not a political writer, only a friend who truly likes his vision. …Essay4 min readEssay4 min read
Published in Promptly Written·Feb 1Choosing my PathBased on practically nothing — “I am not a fan of niches. I’ve tried it and I love too many different things.” <Dr. Tracy Davis, 1/29/2023> This is a paraphrase of my own thoughts. My childhood was spent with authority figures encouraging any and all interests that I might have. …Mundane2 min readMundane2 min read
Published in Promptly Written·Jan 23They Said I was Sleepingand couldn’t wake up — 23 January, 1988. I was fifteen years old, going about my life. One of my mom’s brothers had a birthday party that evening, to which she and my dad had gone, so it was just me and my brother in our sister’s care. My boyfriend Alex and I were going…Tbi Recovery5 min readTbi Recovery5 min read
Jan 17Thoughts From the Feline(Author’s note: Black was born in June of 2007. Her mama was abandoned by her family, so she made a kitty cave in a tree and had her litter of kittens there. A couple in an adjoining yard kept track of her, and as soon as she was done giving…Communication3 min readCommunication3 min read
Jan 13Getting StartedThe first step is the most difficult one. (Photo credit to Patrick Foote, https://www.youtube.com/@NameExplain ) Maybe this isn’t my first step. I was15 or 16 years old when I decided that writing is the career path I want to follow. My family had gone to visit my sister at her…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
