From the Shores of Introspect and Retrospect

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and si...

~K.I.S.S.~ To say that I have a busy, chaotic life is a monumental understatement. For a long time I've lived under the misconception ...

I pulled up to a shed that had been painted baby blue and renovated into a drive up coffee hut. A rubber hose that stretched out across the ...

"Yes, I'd like the Reality entree with the special Common Sense Sauce, a side of Snark, lightly grilled, the Wild Side Salad but pl...

There were so many different grains of sand that fell this year. Each one very precious. Each one with significant purpose and meaning. I l...

"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, b...

First and foremost: a hearty thank you to those who served their country whether or not they agreed with politics or war.  Happy Veteran...

A Denial We have met late-it is too late to meet,    O friend, not more than friend! Death's forecome shroud is tangled round my fe...

MY HEART AND I Enough! we're tired, my heart and I. We sit beside the headstone thus, And wish that name were carved for us. The mos...

We've seen and done so much,  you and I, haven't we? Been through highs and lows together, Sailed & flown through days & m...

Scarlett: I'll have a chicken salad, please. Waitress: We don't have chicken salad. Scarlett: Fine.  I'll have a chicken bu...