One morning, I woke up with the strangest plot for a story that I believe I have ever imagined. The scary part is that as I worked through it in my head while washing dishes, the plot came together and the characters began to come to life. The setting was unsettlingly different – in a…

There are so many things that I simply don’t remember well. For whatever reason, there are a lot of good memories that I try to recall, but I can’t recall certain details. It drives me crazy. The bad stuff always sticks more in your memory than the good. I’ve always hated that bit about the…

As I dabble in photography, my main focus is to tell a story within a framework. In photos, location is key, as is the center of the frame, even if the subject is not at first obvious by staring straight at the middle. For me, the subject of a photo is not so much as…

If there’s one thing that absolutely perturbs me about 21st century society, it’s an obsession with time management. Yes, our limited time on this earth is our greatest and most valuable resource. But my experience is that many folks spend more time overoptimizing our schedules and actually waste time in the process. In gathering my…

Many things I’ve penned in the past have had a pessimistic tinge to them. This was honestly because many verses and essays I’ve written were meant as critical observations and meditations over present-day crises. Chief among these many crises is the inability for so many of us to get over ourselves and our own petty…

Some people are born with talents that just can’t be replicated. A select few have told me that I have such a talent with words, but many more have consistently found faults in my work. Perhaps they are unfair criticisms, but the especially less constructive jabs at my abilities do sting nonetheless. At times I…

I am sick and tired of hearing about the benefits of networking, especially “social networking.” Rather than networking, I feel the better term for what people are actually doing in this regard is instead “work-netting.” No one has explored this term yet, apparently. So, since I’m on the ground floor of this breakthrough in the…

In her Substack newsletter post entitled “Just Smile and Glide,” Jamie Currie discusses one of her running friends. She remarks on his beautiful running form, comparing it to that of the legendary Eluid Kipchoge. I’ve never been a runner myself, as I prefer brisk walks for my exercise. Still, I’ve always been fascinated by the…

People have become sadly apt to let their minds rot in modern times. But in all fairness, this is because they simply don’t know how to stimulate themselves intellectually. To do so, we must make an honest effort to energize our own minds. Questions need to be asked, but more often than not, people would…

It’s not my place to rationalize human nature. Yet, often I feel this incredible urge to try and give novel insight into the nature of humankind. Why is this? It continues to elude me. Sometimes it just seems that I notice things that people do not see, only to then in conversation allude to only…