Hey folks! I've been reading a lot of posts lately on just basically increasing followers or reviews or getting noticed and whatnot. I'm stepping out of my Everyday Joe hat to say, I am not doing a blog to get followers or any of that stuff... I'm doing it because I've had two breakdowns in... Continue Reading →
He came to the Diner early that day. After yesterday's literal attack by that entity of black, he needed to see if it was still standing and, more importantly, (an oddly to him), he needed to see if DeIDre was OK. He got up from his resting place, got dressed as best he could manage... Continue Reading →
He was late to get up but he had to. His head was so tired from working late already and it swam and begged for caffeine. So, bitter or not, he headed for the Diner in his mind. He left his upstairs quarters and nearly fell down the stairs leading to the Diner. Something, again,... Continue Reading →
The sun hasn't risen yet I have; I sit and work on making the right moves for the kids I teach; to make things right for them, from love of their future to healing their past, and making the days they try so hard to endure at present, a pathway to the peace and safety... Continue Reading →
No way out No ray of hope, For endless days He has to cope; To trails and pain he enters again, and sees his life tied to chain and rope.
He woke to another day of what he looked at as just crawling through razor blades to get through it. It was going to be tough if yesterday had anything to say about it. He was down. Down as low, he thought, as one could go without ending up coming out of the opposite side... Continue Reading →
I wake before the alarm like most days, and lay there, wishing for the night where I can rest-- and not have the thoughts fly in and out like Dragonflies in a Summer field; My eyes burn and yearn to sleep; but my mind wakes and hums and whirls, like a river on fire, and... Continue Reading →
It was 1973. Back then, Halloween costumes came in cardboard boxes with clear plastic windows where you could see what the mask and the matching "tie-on" costume itself looked like. The problem was, that if you got to the store too late in the season you had to settle for a generic bat-type superhero (NOT... Continue Reading →
A random draw, a chilly morning--alone... three cards come The past: an attempted task wasted away on poor work and bad choices, The present; A circle complete, a phase now done--a move forward, Met with uneasy surprise and doubt; The Future: The World completed, a new journey to take; A wind hits my face from... Continue Reading →
It's 4:00am again and I find myself reaching for the "Pull" side of the dingy entry door to the Diner in my head. I'm hungry for the "Early Bird Writer's Special"; at least I tell myself that. I'm actually hungry to sit down and start my day of trying to crawl my way through the... Continue Reading →
The phone rang at 3:24am. "Well..that's always pleasant news", thought Manny, as he scrambled to his senses from a dead sleep. "Mmmm...H-Hello...", he said; rubbing his eyes and the back of his neck while he struggled to hang onto the phone itself. "Mr. Barnes?", said a sharp, high-pitched voice on the other end, "Manfred Barnes?"... Continue Reading →
Dear cartoon mouse that lives in my ear and only comes out at 1:00am or so to pull my eyelids open, You, Sir, are no longer welcome in my life nor in the domicile of my mind and this is notification of your eviction. You are to vacate the premises, forthwith, under penalty of being... Continue Reading →
Ok. This is getting ridiculous. It's 1:00am and, despite having my "meds" in my system, and being up since about the same time yesterday morning, It's 1:00am and my eyes snap open like cartoon window blinds that say "WAKE" and "UP" on each cartoon eye. ...And so I get up; because I NEED to write... Continue Reading →
