Category: musings

  • Self-Respect

    Self-Respect

    Writing or making anything—a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake—has self-respect in it. You’re working. You’re trying. You’re …

  • A Different Sunset

    A Different Sunset

    this is a sunset I’ll never forget not because of the view itself but because of …

  • Trust My Instincts

    Trust My Instincts

    don’t panic • feel through the possible • trust my instincts • take the first … (read more)

  • Invasive Thought

    Invasive Thought

    slowly it happened • almost undetected • I was hesitant • afraid to let anyone near • and you stayed nearby • seeing a future unwritten • every day I would …

  • You See Me

    You See Me

    I don’t know how or why you do it • but somehow you see me • not just the best parts • the sophisticated aspects or perfectly-put-together snapshots • no • you see …

  • He Calls Me

    He Calls Me

    when he is having trouble with his friends • or his homework • or has questions about the universe–
he calls me •• that’s when I …

  • Slow Tease

    Slow Tease

    *NSFW* I love those hot hard intense moments of desire and passion where it feels like we are racing towards ecstasy trying to triumph against the clock of doom but … (read more)

  • Making Choices

    Making Choices

    If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say? I wish you’d taken better care of my body

  • Sensing the Moment

    Sensing the Moment

    What’s a thing you wish schools actually taught? too concerned about future dreams and ticking boxes rushing to grow up instead of sensing the moment–the opportunity to train the body and brain to think and feel everything that is the here and now I wish we could all learn the art (and skill) of being…

  • Simple

    Simple

    “The line is simple. It doesn’t cheat.” Alfie (A Life Doodler) Click for my response and to view Alfie’s beautiful sketches and thoughts on his blog.