Strawberry Soda Desert Rosebuds

It’s’ a finicky and transitional time of year where I live; wildfires one day then snow the next. Winter and spring collide, intermixing and playing leapfrog with each other. But we all know how this game turns out. Sorry winter! Below is an essay I wrote on Medium about the beautiful overlappings of these two…

January and February Poems

January and February had been very long, cold months where I’m at. I was not as productive in the poetry department as I would have liked. Here are a few poems I managed to extract from my chilly igloo mind and icy fingertips. They were published in different publications at Medium. com. These links let…

Snowflakes Are Trying to Tell Us Something

The individuality of a snowflake is intricate, mysterious, and fleeting. The tiny and special details make it so unique that no two are alike. For nearly all of them, their distinctiveness will never be witnessed. Snowflakes and people have a lot in common. Should we still sparkle bright even if we are never seen? Here…

Calm Down!!!

I greatly dislike the phrase, “calm down.” Therefore,  the title of this post really irks me.  Just seeing those two words together is so irritating that they’re almost as bad as, “cheer up” . . . almost. So, why do these words rub me like #24 sandpaper? Generally, if someone dares utter them to you,…