Setting the stage and scripting my life for the years ahead — I haven’t written in nearly four months, but I wanted to make it a point to post at least a little something on day one of this promising new year. 2021 has been an exceptionally challenging year, to state the obvious. So, while briefly recapping why I haven’t written in…

September 11th is My Birthday and Here’s What I Want — Service is my happy place. I enjoy occasionally volunteering in soup kitchens, buying fireworks from the stand to help support the local kids, donating old cell phones to domestic abuse shelters. …

Mourning Death and Celebrating Continuation of Life — Side by side in a sacred place on earth, they are at peace from the burdens of this world. The family fought authorities to allow them their place of honor. Ironic battle, considering he served in both the Navy and Airforce. Men in uniform were torn between bonds of brotherhood…

Time Is Running Out to Enter the Medium Writers Challenge — Five. Only five days left. Don’t talk to me. Or do, but I may not respond immediately. I just noticed the deadline for the Medium Writers Challenge is in five days, August 24th. I don’t care about the cash prizes. Pfffft, who am I kidding? Of course I want the…

Reentering Life After Gestating in Difficult Times — A child myself at 18 years of age, I was nowhere near ready to be a responsible adult. Looking back, I know my parents tried their best and I am responsible for my own life, but I was not prepared. I was stuck in a holding pattern between graduating highschool…

Don’t Beat Yourself Up for Missing the Mark. Try Again Later. — I was about to publish a story a day late. But when I took a peek at last week’s story layout for comparison, I saw that I had attached a kicker, ‘Wednesday Weekly’. So, now I’m just going to get over the fact that I missed yesterday’s weekly. …

A First-Hand Account of The Slaughtering of the Lambs — Sprawling acres between neighbors, my closest neighbor was just over one acre to the south, a soft-spoken endearing artisan glassblower. A few miles northeast up the blackberry-lined winding country road, my closest neighbor in that direction was an Arabian horse breeder. We sometimes visited about letting his black stallion have…

Use me, take my bodily fluids, and pay me — I donated plasma again today. I’ve been leaning on this side schtick for a few years. My current 30-day round of donations will earn me $800 for my plasma. It’s not always that much, but ‘new’ donors are paid extra incentives. I had to take approximately six months off per colonoscopy…

Began in a Dream, Traveled Dimensions and Blew My Mind — That evening I jolted straight up. Scratching my head, I repeated what the tall being said, “Prepare to have your mind blown.” My mind was blown, alright. Bits of brain matter exploded in every direction. I’ve always had trippy dreams and occasionally they spill over into my conscious world. …

Photos and Audio of Evidentiary Value of a Dream Come True — Classical Guitarist My daughter and I are very close. It’s always been just her and I, alone since pregnancy. Good times, bad times, we’ve been through a lot. She is now grown, a classical guitarist and music teacher here in…

A little looking back goes a long way for personal growth — Growth is hindsight. Most of the time I don’t realize I’ve grown emotionally or intellectually until time has passed and I can bring myself to look back and reflect on my younger self. I saw an opportunity, a prompt to write about growth and how we may help others. Personally…

Psychic Visions, Engaged Senses and Channeled Medium — Free 30min Reiki, email subscription link at bottom of this post. What is Reiki? The word Reiki translates as light energy. Reiki workers are trained in the discipline of working in cooperation with energies of the universe. I have heard it described in different ways. Much may seem convoluted, so I’ll explain from…

The Cookie Mogul Moonlighting as a Steward — His chipper British accent is a charming, sweet serenity. I didn’t catch his name because I never asked. I leave the common-courtesy pleasantries to him. We were treated immediately after boarding to drinks and cookies. …

There is so much on my to-do list that even just the littlest of bites feels like a choking mouthful. (shut up) — It’s good to be busy. I should feel so blessed to be fortunate to complain about how many tasks I have to check off my to-do list. But I am overwhelmed with anxiety. I am nauseous and chewing my fingers. I am disgusting. I am going to rise above! It…

Getting a Grip Writing: 5 of 30 Day Challenge — Back to reality in my current home of Las Vegas I am grappling with two stark contrasts of myself Wanting and needing to push forward, let’s do this There’s still a nagging voice inside, disturbing my confidence I know my strengths and my weaknesses. I’ve overcome so much Seeing myself from…

3 Simple Solutions To Help Get Back On Task — Inspired by a recent article by Modern Parent, ranting about a useless husband that does nothing, I was overcome with twangs of guilt as I read the post of an anxious wife. Today has been another non-productive day. All I’ve accomplished so far has been responding to comments, reading new…

A Reveal of Photography and Feelings — The first vacation I’ve had in years and the first in over 20 years getaway with a partner, my boyfriend. In many ways, the vacation was very special, but a lot of unnecessary ugliness took its toll on my heart and mind. It would be of great disservice to myself…

My Non-Publish Day had the Most Views — It doesn’t make sense to me that on a day I didn’t publish, I happened to get the most views. But I’m not going to waste time overthinking it, just thought it was interesting. Yesterday I challenged myself to hustle more outside, even though we are in a heatwave. Doing…