I Have Them All Fooled!

The credit card companies think that I'm a grown-up and a world-wide corporation thinks that I'm a grown-up, does that make me a grown-up?

Extended Aways Are A Myth

The mornings come earlier and earlier these days so I had better make the most of the nights.

It'll Even Out In The End

The pride that I experienced due to my efficiency at work tonight is almost entirely overshadowed by my fear that I've forgotten to do something important.

Lightning Flashes

All around me, thunder crashes so loudly that car alarms are set off for miles.

As Close To A Country Song As You'll Find In "These Parts"

After he kissed me and grabbed his guitar, he jumped into the back of a pick-up truck headed towards his destiny.

Blue Moon

I may have finally found the windowseat I've always hoped for, in the most unlikely of locations.

I'm A Big Kid Now

The joy that comes from actually being able to create a budget now that I've gotten my promotion is entirely more exciting than it has any right to be.

It Happens More Than You'd Think

Sometimes I check my own blog in the morning to make sure that I haven't posted in my sleep.

Shoddy Workmanship

I outright refuse to purchase a mass market paperback and will go to great lengths to replace all such editions given to me with with trade paper or cloth versions.

Ready Or Not - And Don't Look Back

Take a deep breath - one, two, three - Jump!

A Hidden World Just Beyond The Edge Of Perception

Today I saw a mailbox along a stretch of road that was nothing but woods and I wondered to whom it might belong.

Watching Waiting Rising Falling Listening Calling Drifting

Watching him play from my little mentally-walled-off part of the bar, I can actually relax enough to enjoy the show.

We Only Come Out At Night

I'd love to climb up a mountain and lie on my back under the stars, gazing up into eternity.

I Read Your Book And I Find It Strange That I Know That Girl And I Know Her World A Little Too Well

The process of cataloging my books is not wholly unlike excavating the site of my youth.

Please Be Okay. Please.

I'm so worried about my little puppy.

Newfound Respect For The Plight Of The "Hunt-and-Peck'ers"

What I wouldn't do for a standard numerical keypad right about now.

I Don't Want To Wonder If This Is A Blunder

But what if I am getting in over my head?

Apres Moi, Le Deluge

I cannot help but feel dramatic with such music about.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Watching the embers of a slowly dying fire twinkle like the lights on a Christmas tree from an idealized childhood allows me to drift off in peace.

Never Again Will She Be Alone

I am someone's Irish Rose.

And A Piece Slides Into Place

Tonight, while putting books on the shelf by candle and lamplight, attended by my dogs (who were seeking my company due to the approaching storm), is the first time I've truly felt this as 'my room'.

Eyes Open, Arms Wide

My chance viewing of the heat lightning illuminating the previously undetectable levels of clouds makes me wonder what else may have escaped my notice.

Five Dollar Wisdom

Everybody needs help sometime.

Timing Is Everything

A touch of kindness from across the sea and across town makes the stress of one's family that much more bearable.

Those Who Cannot Protect Themselves

I have always been, am, and will always be a protector of children and animals.

We Must Be Careful About What We Pretend To Be

As I was sitting in my nephew's bedroom, I looked around at his toys and books and realized that I am not nearly as removed from my childhood as I would like to believe that I am.

Be Kind To Those Who Sacrifice Their Lives To Further Your Own

I cannot help but feel especially bad for the lobsters waiting to be bought for dinner, not for the end result of being boiled while alive, but rather the weeks of starvation leading up to that point.

Every Man Has A Rainy Corner of His Life Whence Comes Foul Weather Which Follows Him

Why must I always dream of winter during summer and spring during winter?

Do You Realize How Idiotic You Sound?

People who refer to themselves in third person or in the 'Royal We" should be smacked.

Deine Schritte Sind So Schön

There are some days when only German industrial metal will do.

When Life And Computers Exist In Parallel

To update and restart but risk losing everything or to live with not ever knowing of what might have been: which is worse?