If she didn’t ask… — I remember that day vividly. It was winter and nearing Christmas. My sister and I had gone to the public library to checkout some books for the long school holiday ahead. As we entered the building, my eyes were immediately drawn to all the glitter and blinking lights. …

A Shakespearean sonnet — A gentle wave flows, caresses my mind Such a feeling I’ve never felt before Could this truly be love? Curious find? Or a cruel trick a~washed upon my shore? My troubled psyche cannot bear a lie Should you be devil-spawned to beguile me Please be true or leave me, and let me…

Mythical flash fiction — I swear this was never my intention. I didn’t set out that day to cause so much harm. So much destruction. I freely admit it is my job to cause chaos. It is in my lifeblood. It is my nature, and who am I to second guess what a primordial…

A blank verse sonnet — O how excitement courses through my veins When the moonlight awakes my muse and I — My fingers alight upon these cold keys With a bounty full of ideas — Despair! How could this nightmare be? Such tragedy — No internet flashes upon the screen As precious webpages refuse to load A despondent sigh…

Exploring Ekphrasis — Deep within these catacombs monks once held secret, sacred rites over the dead — their bleached bones consecrated then stacked in rows with skulls turned into altars, skeletal hands clutched ancient candles — dripped wax clung to cobbled stone floors — the stench of death still lingers here Now the…

30-day journaling challenge — Day 2 — Due to my mental health issues — depression and anxiety — keeping a writing schedule doesn’t work well for me, although having writing goals does work most of the time. What I do attempt is to keep up with my muse, Catharine, and unless I am too deep into depression…

And why most of mine are setting boundaries — I am a fairly openminded person. I usually lay my cards out at the beginning of a new relationship so there isn’t room for ambiguity. If it is a sexual relationship, I let the person know that I am bisexual and unless we both commit to a monogamous relationship, bringing…

If we were having coffee… — Good morning, jules and Christine Graves. It has been too long since we’ve had a chat over coffee and I so appreciate you wanting to keep this alive, Jules! I am starting my morning with a cup of Pablo’s Pride, a dark roast Guatemalan coffee. I ordered it back in…

30-day journaling challenge — Day 1 — Gratitude has become such a big part of my spiritual life, but it hasn’t always been this way. As I wrote in Counting Our Blessings: This lack of gratitude for all the blessings I’ve been given can have serious effects on my physical, mental and spiritual health. Darkness and the…