April 24, 2025

Not the kind When your bills are paid, Your pantry is full, And bank account overflows. No, not this temporary kind, But the kind felt At the gurgling sound of hot coffee Poured into your cup By someone you love On a cold winter morning. The kind where soft skin Brushes against rougher skin Just…

April 4, 2025

It’s been so many years, My fire now burns low. I still pursue you Through the forest of my dreams Like a hound on a scent. It is futile to think I could catch you, You are too ephemeral. Holding you would be As possible as embracing The morning mist. We broke our bed With…

March 31, 2025

Just a few short decades ago, (I say short because these days everything is short including money, patience, and tempers) some people used to show how tough they were by getting tattoos, something that is common today. Back then, it was mostly bikers, marines, sailors, and wanna be marines, sailors, or bikers. Some donned a…

March 27, 2025

Those of you who have followed me know that I’ve had a medical problem for the past three months. You have also probably seen how I made fun of the medical staff that took my blood calling them daytime vampires. I have to say, all of them were good at their job and deserve praise….

March 19, 2025

Are you as tired as I am of misleading headlines and photos advertising a video? I saw one where the melting of a glacier appeared to be disclosing a lost civilization. The title read, “Discovery Behind Melting Glacier Shocked Archeologists.” Horse patooey! The video was just about a large glacier melting. No lost civilization there…