A Book Review — Chronicling the journey of the 1996–2004 Los Angeles Lakers, Jeff Pearlman delves into the magic, mayhem, and interpersonal conflicts that ultimately lead to a three-time championship winning streak and a restoration of the Lakers as a formidable franchise. Woven through this story, and perhaps as its central fabric, is the…

is seeing light in shadows, knowing that warmth so well because it lives between the bones of your body, your heart keeping the source of that warmth alive within you. Let that light be your compass leading you to destiny, to the inner wellspring of love © Jacqueline Ann 2023

Keep your face always to the light, to the sacred flame burning within © Jacqueline Ann 2023

A Book Review — Awe-inspiring and humbling, A Beautiful Question is an extended meditation on beauty and its embodiments. Does the world embody beautiful ideas? Is the world, at its core, a work of art? …

It is only you turning the earth, putting stars between my heartbeats

Winter sparkles in silver; the snow like stars sprinkled softly upon the earth, her hushed landscape calling them home.

is a cold kiss, a frozen sheet of stars, the silver sun spread thin as a whisper It is the heart of silence, of patience, of wishes waiting for their star It is the icy blue between the moon and heaven, the quiet afternoon and barren ocean stretches where everything is waiting, where everything is turning toward the quiet of midnight when you can hear the earth breathe © Jacqueline Ann 2023

Don’t be afraid to play with your shadow for it too is born of light © Jacqueline Ann 2023

Traveling so long, making miles between us and still I return to you, your sunrise smile melting the distance between us like snow. © Jacqueline Ann 2023