Jewel Always Says It Better

You
You with your
gentle lightening
spinning like Orion,
full of muscle
and all the patience
of stars.
Hooked upon the pinnacle
of a desire
that arrests
itself,
caught on the crosswires
of what could be,
my mind turns to you:
A pinhole of light
that softly hums
and murmurs
whose blurry edges
beg to come into view.
-Jewel

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Figures and Stroking: Who Wouldn’t Love It?

Ask any young aspiring figure skater what they like most about skating, and 9 chances out of 10 they will say jumping.  Or spinning.  Well, I’m weird.  The jumping and spinning wasn’t what I looked forward to each day. I liked the boring stuff.  The edges of the blade, and toe picks and what you could do [...]

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Epilogue

So yesterday I met up with Scott for the first time in 4 years.  Never, did I expect to be sitting across the table from him sipping coffee ever again.  It was the very last thing Scott and I did together 4 years ago, and it didn’t go well.  If life were easy, I wouldn’t [...]

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I’m A Chameleon

So today at work we had an informal seminar on Communicating Effectively/Conflict Resolution.  To begin the session we were told of the importance of different personality types and how to identify them.  This is an essential part of communicating effectively, because if you can identify the personality type you have good insight into how to [...]

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Unlucky 7

Seven bridesmaids, seven groomsmen, seven years later.  Divorce.

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