I think that I finally understand why I enjoy cooking shows. In a strange correlation, I also think I get why people like shows about true crime or serial killers. For me, shows about cooking expose the polar extreme perspective of food from mine. In general, aside from treating to some thing a little more […]
Category: Imploring
Circumnavigation
I remember being frustrated, many years ago. The conversations I had with my father seemed to repeat themselves. We would take drives, and end up discussing the same topics. For some reason, at a point, I decided to voice my thoughts about our discussions, and angrily asked, “why do we only talk about the same […]
Yearning to go, compelled to stay
What would it matter if I go away? Most people don’t know I’m here anyway. There’s comfort in staying. And then there’s boredom. There’s fear in leaving. And then there’s freedom. There’s stability in staying. And then you stand still. There’s chaos in leaving. Then there’s the thrill. There’s familiarity in staying. Then it’s annoying. […]
Trade off, reclaim
I felt best when I actually hurt, when I could feel. I felt life more when I had less, when I was hungry. I traded in my embers for ash, staring at screens instead of flames. I swapped my passions for trinkets, settling for flashes and pixels. But it’s never over for me, as long […]
Why so serious?
Granted, it does take effort. One does have to decide to actually decide to move small muscles in order to do it. For some though, it seems incredibly difficult. You may even know a few people, for which the effort seems excruciating. But, all of us are capable. Which makes it difficult to understand, after […]
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Calcium, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, Magnesium
Of all the dreams we dreams, hopes we depend on, and challenges met, we don’t reach peaks of capability, intellect, dexterity, nor physical prowess of the potential we have at birth. So do we waste our most precious of resources. Second by second do we choose against a mastery of our elements.
Timecard
When we find ourselves lacking, we often find ourselves very critical. Whether we criticize our lack of self development, a failure to execute a particular task, or many tasks, or any number of perpetual procrastinations, we often try to find a way to rationalize. We come up with a myriad of reasons why we acquiescence […]
Edgedancer
Why dance on the edge? Don’t you find it dangerous? Aren’t you concerned that you must constantly readjust your footing? Don’t you find it unnerving to see the precipitous drops below each foot placement? Does fear grip you as inch your toes along the razor thin edge? What gain could you attain from climbing out […]
Sell it
Tame, time, tome. Prose, price, poem. Wreck, wrack, wrong, Pierce, prose, prong. Trill, till, toll, Pale, pill, poll. Wilt, wag, won’t, Push, pig, pelt. Vaunt, vault, vent Purse, pell, pent. Crush, cull, cents, Pay, pen ance. Gibber-jabber Pitter-patter lack of common sense. Jobs and ties, debt, compromise, death of innocence.
Gift hope
The precious item is purchased with money procured by our sacrifice of time. It’s a gift, because we gave of ourselves, to give it to another. We secure it with padding, and cushion it with smiles, hoping to get one back. Then we place it into a container with a squared, wrap-able […]