Doorways

Womb, Tomb. Here, There. Birth, Rebirth. And  N o w.

Charm

"It'll work like a charm," old man Geller said, smiling. "Just plug and play." Smiling, I took the small green-felt bag, the Ziploc baggy filled with weird trinkets, and a tiny vial of green ooze with glitter and herbs. Was that a gold tooth in there, too? "How do you...?" I started to ask but …

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Dreams of Summer

  I really am a dreamer. Who says you can't fly? I can! But not this time. This time, I'm here at Lake Michigan! Here I am, dreaming now, sitting on this over-sized mountain of beastly flesh, listening to the sea gull's screech overhead, and the waves and I think I hear the playful splashing …

Emergence: ReBirth of a Soul

Love Without Reason  Sleeping child     I love you Weightless    motionless       enveloped in peace ... ... I await you.   “Emergence: ReBirth of a Soul” is a multi-filtered photo depicting a soul entering his next incarnation to rejoin another soul, bathed in the purity of Soul-Love ... love without reason. Mothers often bond …

Deep Blue You

This was a timed 30-minute Word Snatch. We were given 30 minutes to write about this image. I called my short (240words), Deep Blue You. Deep Blue You Seeing you for the first time, I became aware of your pure beauty, your elegance, and your shy smile. What are you hiding, I thought to myself. …

Dream Warrior Woman

Her fears stormed thunderously through the heart and being of her vulnerable spirit. Torrential tears reigned heavily for one night and a day. Nearly drowning in the depths of her despair, instead was baptized in the cathartic chaos and was born again from the ashes borne from the fires of her personal hell. And so …

The Sound of Rain (Tea for Two, Part II)

Tea for Two - Part I "For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud."  JK Rowling, from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Click here to listen to: Stay Awhile by Journey “What was in that tea,” she mumbled, …

Tea for Two

The directions read, "To enjoy fully and receive the most benefits, boil 12 ounces of fresh spring water, preferably after it has sat under the gaze of any full moon for one full day before, the day of, and the day after. Using your favorite non-metal loose leaf tea diffuser, steep the herb mixture for …

I Can Hear You!

We had been drinking heavily that day. It was the height of summer, the sun was out, and we had nothing better to do that Saturday afternoon. Me and my buddies were chilling on the porch having a laugh or two, thinking about going to the Big Lake. We were three hungry guys too! We …

For the Water Protectors

“Thirty years from now, an ounce of drinking water will cost the same as an ounce of gold, if we humans continue with our negligence.” --Bawdwaywidun It’s not my journey, Walking and Talking at North Dakota But the journey is all of ours. You and me. The grandmother down the road. The little boy next …