A friend asked for help on the Republican party website for the county he lived in. I needed money so I offered to help. I told him I could work on the site at an hourly rate. He agreed to have me help. We worked for a couple hours together, then he gave me a…
Month: April 2020
Politics in the Time of Corona
When it comes to politics, I mostly listen. But I’m getting older. And I have things to say. Choosing a Party I was independent one year. But then kinda felt like I was just throwing away my vote. So, the next election, I chose the Local Republican Party. It matched with my upbringing, aligned with…
What is an everyday poet? Part I
Everyday life deserves description, and putting artful words together to share your experience with others can make you a poet. I chose the name everyday poet for this site because of my belief that everyone has the potential to be an everyday poet. It’s doesn’t matter how ordinary your life is or how little you…
NPR 2020 New Year's Resolution Challenge
14 Days into 2020 and I am trying not to bemoan the lack of progress on paying back my gross student loan. My plan to walk a mile every day has gone to blah because I can’t get over this bronchitis cough For two weeks I have not yet changed my diet to veggies and…
TPC & Perf Ponte Vedra Weather
The TPC has kicked off and you better hope you have a plan to park and get to the quickest most glam tent ever. Reading about this event kinda makes me miss my web.com days, when I wrote copy for some of the players websites. Get a glimpse of a day in the life of…
Haiku
Hunger reminds us Of our deep desire to love We want to be fed
On Dreams Deferred & Piano Playing
I’ve been thinking about the poem Harlem lately. My husband gave me a metrynom for Christmas. At 35, I have longed to play piano for many years. I have felt a call to music in the depths of my soul. But it has been somewhat of a shattered and painful dream. I have imagined being…
First Fights
Living in the prism of my manifested diamond dreams can sometimes leave one cut by the distorted reflection of me in your eyes mirrored 10,000 times. This glass cuts us sometimes into pieces to show these shimmering glints of the darkness in me hitting the darkness in you. Love could possibly only sparkle so bright…