Can you mold a Helen of Troy out of a Venus of Willendorf?

Is it possible?

Who knew it would be this hard?
Rummaging your departure over and over in my head
Trying to ignore it,
Letting the grief seep out slowly.
We didn't see each other every day; but twice a week
It became a ritual
To exchange sounds without thought
It -- you -- became a part of my weekly cycle
Ingrained into my habits like clockwork
Then suddenly --
it all ( Read more... )

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"When things get difficult, turn to wonder"

I see this every day at work... faded in chalk on the cement walkway in front of Building 8, an affirmation left over from "Peace Day 2011," which happened at the college at least 3 months ago.

Since Halloween, this saying has periodically slipped into my mind.  I miss those moments of 'wonder' that I had ( Read more... )

Do you know yourself?

I see this question in surveys all the time.  I'm just trying to figure out what my spirit animal is, dag nabbit.  (I still haven't found it yet...but nor have I really taken the time to truly meditate on it.)  I think it's just going to walk up to me one day when I least suspect it...as a spectre in the kitchen while I'm ( Read more... )

it's strange how we wither away ( Read more... )

Excitement, frenetic energy and then this sore thought:

The Orlando music scene SUCKS!  Drama, politics, tangled webs, unwritten rules that confine...FUCK!  If all towns are like this, I'm in the wrong business.  I don't want to be tied to this...I want to be a gypsy...a paid wanderer...no strings attached...

If only I could forget ( Read more... )

{imagine groovy Rhodes piano or blues piano ( Read more... )

not even cool ( Read more... )