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  • Anxiety Spike

    Anxiety Spike

    Combine those two and you get a concoction for an emotional tsunami, all of the water being suddenly sucked out from under you just to come crashing torrentially down on you moments later. Read more

  • Tempered Steel

    Tempered Steel

    Each of us have critical points, times in our life where the transition from one stage to another occurs. There are times when we are broken, picked apart, separated, and either added or subtracted to. Rarely can we choose when the temperature rises or what elements are added; like the iron in this metaphor we… Read more

  • Labels

    “I was confronted with the actual substance of myself and particularly with the value I have that I’ve lost touch with in wider circles. I was confronted with the fact that I’m not an amorphous Ditto, I’m a freakin’ Blastoise.” Read more

  • Today of All Days

    There’s never a good time for nuisances and costly hiccups. Our usual response to that situation is “on today of all days”. Read more

  • Top Ten Movies of 2023

    Top Ten Movies of 2023

    From Indie darlings to blockbusters, there were winners all over the place. Not a month went by that a movie didn’t thrill or floor me. Here are a handful of my favorites. Read more

  • Let It Be

    It is time to say goodbye to 2023. I’m sure there will be lots of these posts popping up on your timeline so I intend to keep this one brief. 2023 has been a rough year for me. It has been a year filled with turbulence, anxiety, and a lot of pain. I’ve more than… Read more