When My Dad Was Drunk
A poem by Joanna Oltman Smith
shake your moneymaker
“Do you want God above your bed?”
the truth before me
Kids understand the grown-up barf they see on TV, even when they don’t. Teaching them is not teaching at all, it’s just reminding them what they already know. FULL STORY
cheerleaders feuding
What I can change: mean people. I can stay away from them. FULL STORY
auto-immune
4AM MIND
A poem by Catherine Bresner
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teachings of the talking pumpkin
Of course I’m selfish. I’m the only person alive. FULL STORY
self care
I notice a lot of people on Youtube don’t use fitted sheets. In fact, they don’t use sheets at all.
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About This Summer
“I’m getting on with sawing away the branch I’m sitting on, if only slowly. But I shall manage to lose my sense of security all right.” –Bertolt Brecht FULL STORY
Ultra-Soft
A selfish little so-and-so with plenty rupee. FULL STORY
Maybe the Thames
Some Stuff I Know About Virginia Woolf without using the Internet FULL STORY
Avoid Deep Areas
And don’t beat yourself to death with a headlamp. FULL STORY
Consider Your Verdict
Dressing room mirrors, friends to none. FULL STORY
needy and greedy
why do we put so much weight on the surface of our lives?
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the molly ringwald wormhole
Projects. Projects. Projects. FULL STORY
never lover
This yet was an endless thread between them. The yet was really a never; they both knew it. This made the whole thing possible. FULL STORY
a drummer with a voice
“There were times that I did lose my temper, but it was always out of love.” –Richard Carpenter FULL STORY
a shrieking in the trees
Let’s concede that shutting up is a good thing. FULL STORY
Prove Yourself Lately?
The Spiritual Lesson of Walter Hudson FULL STORY