The sun was blinding as she pushed through the metal and glass doors and out into the cold afternoon.  She squinted against the brightness and looked down at her heavy boots, navigating the snow and ice that still clung to the si… Read full post »

I wrote this a year ago (2011) in March or April, never posted...

 I've always thought runners were pretty fanatical people.  My fiancé and I would constantly joke about them, watch them running through city streets in a downpour, wearing shorts in winter but compensating with gl/… Read full post »

All she wanted to do was escape, to get away from the prison that had become her life.  She curled her fingers over the piano’s ivory keys, trying to remember why she had stopped the weekly lessons so long ago.  It was a wonder to her that by just touching these/… Read full post »

Dear Senator Johnson,

Thank you for responding to my message regarding healthcare reform.  I appreciate your thoughts and point of view.  Although I do believe we have some of the best doctors in the world, I don't believe our healthcare system is at all effective.

I have held several… Read full post »

 "Women are the vessels of life, men are but the servants."

-Joseph Campbell, from The Power of Myth

 I can tell from  a couple of comments on Rebecca Sarwate's post that her topic is not a popular one, especially with men, and I can only imagine mostly because they are… Read full post »

 I was laying awake last night, contemplating my future and worried about what sort of path I should be taking.  I had spent part of the day filling out an online application for a merchandising position at a brand-name clothing store and got to the portion of previous… Read full post »

I had a man ask me tonight, "So how do you feel about the blacks?"

President Obama's face hovered over my left shoulder on one of the TVs in the bar.  He was in the midst of delivering the memorial speech in Tucson.  I paused, a little taken aback by this… Read full post »

Here is what my innervoice tells me when I see a Conservative Republican speaking or when I read something they've written:  MONEY MONEY MONEY, WHINE WHINE WHINE.

 Yesterday I resolved an issue with my Chase checking account in which they charged me multiple overdraft fees.  This was n… Read full post »

I have heard lots of jokes on facebook, as well as at work, that I probably have it...it's everyone's go-to ailment, still.  It's the second time I've gotten sick in the last three weeks, so maybe they're all onto something?  I meet one person who says their cousin in Scotland got… Read full post »