Greetings and salutations! In this day and age, we do a lot of communicating. But how much talking do we do? I mean in the literal sense of actually opening our mouths and speaking? Sure, we text, FB messenger, DMs on instagram, Snapchat, etc. But how often do we actually sit down, spend time and... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Couch: Part 2
Greetings and salutations! I had another good session today. It's amazing how a different perspective can provide so much clarity and insight into what's going wrong and what's going right. I post these so that what I learn is fresh in my mind and I can refer back to them. So with that being the... Continue Reading →
Games We Play
Greetings and salutations! I was just thinking about love, and life, and relationships, etc....and I find it sad and a little bit disappointing that games are such a huge part of things, instead of honesty. It's this choreographed sequence of movements, all designed to mask how we truly may feel about each other, so that... Continue Reading →
Andre and Ken: A love story (an excerpt)
NB. ALL "Andre and Ken" blog entries have been made public!!! And after a year of knowing Ken, being friends with him, hearing his hopes and fears, and listening to Ken's travails in life, I realized that Ken and I had something more than friendship, and less than being lovers. I wanted that to change.... Continue Reading →
Resiliency aka Being Tough
Greetings and salutations! I am aware that my opening sentence is tautological in nature, but for now, I'm going to keep it. Resiliency. Per Dictionary.com..." the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like...." It sounds like a good thing to have, both in the physical and mental spheres of one's life.... Continue Reading →
Fear.
Salutations! Fear. It can be a good thing, and a bad thing. A dose of fear is healthy. It prevents us from doing stupid, risky, and bad things that will put us in danger. It can prevent us from making fools of ourselves. If the fear is reasonable, and justified, then that's not too bad.... Continue Reading →
The fault is mine…
Hello, hello!!! I think that introspection is a good thing as long as it doesn't lead to paralysis or too much moping. I like to think that I can be honest with myself and account for the things that I've done right, as well as the things I've done wrong. It's hard. It's easy to... Continue Reading →
Will we make each other happy? Damn the lists!
I know I've gone on about lists, and qualities that my perfect person should have. And there's nothing inherently wrong with that. However...at the end of the day, will he make me happy? Will I be happy spending time with him? Will time fly when we're in each other's company? Can we burst into fits... Continue Reading →
Didn’t we almost have it all?
I was listening to Whitney Houston singing this song, and I admit it did make me feel nostalgic. Regrets, nostalgia, happy memories, etc, are all a part of life, aren't they not? As well as speculating on what life could be, or could have been. I try not to indulge in regrets, but being human,... Continue Reading →
Charming the morning dew right off the honeysuckle…
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine about politics, and politicians, and the conversation inevitably lead toward "charm", or charisma, and more to the point...if I had one or the other. I'm going to drag some words into this post by people more erudite than I. Oscar Wilde said "All charming people,... Continue Reading →