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My Favorite New Year’s Poem

i am running into a new yearand the old years blow backlike a windthat i catch in my hairlike strong fingers likeall my old promises andit will be hard to let goof what i said to myselfabout myselfwhen i was sixteen and twentysix and thirtysixeven thirtysix buti am running into a new yearand i beg […]

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Black Desert (Excerpt)

Nyx put her hands on the edge of the well and looked down. The water was glassy black; she stared at her darker half, gazing up at her from the bottom of the well. There was nothing but water and her reflection and the stir of the water around the rope. The rope. She reached

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Thought of the Day

“90% of achieving anything is about not quitting.” That is, 90% of accomplishing anything is taken up in keeping ourselves from quitting, fighting through the urge to quit, convincing ourselves not to quit, distracting ourselves from quitting, not giving in to excuses for quitting, and convincing ourselves we still want to continue. 10% is the

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Year-End Wrap Up

1) Rang in new year with new distance boyfriend in California 2) Sent out BioWare writing application 3) Started a receptionist temp job after losing full-time job 4) BioWare writing application rejected, rewritten, resubmitted 5) BioWare application rejected… again 6) Quit receptionist temp job 7) Moved to Dayton 8) Turned down job offer that would

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