Pickles on My Food
I pour my mother another cup of tea. At ninety-two, mother is still healthy. Always a leader and loves the spotlight, her hobbies include complaining about everything, yelling, and humble…
Do You Want Milk with That?
Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey has been on my book wish list for a few months. When I saw the book, on sale, I brought it home and devoured Kaur…
Writing Exercise: Trouble in Paradise
This exercise is about issues in a marriage, it's irrelevant what the issue is. Marriage difficulty can be about anything. You can get a handful of unveiled or unresolved problems;…
Your Kind of Stella
What you drink signifies who you are. Holding a beer completes me somehow. It's hard when I'm limiting my alcohol intake (only weekends are permitted). When I found this picture (below),…
A Sprinkle of Brown Sugar
"Say, you want to go to the movies today?" Andrew is practicing his left wink in the mirror while brushing his teeth. In the bedroom, Sarah--already dressed in her grey…
Sometimes I Get Confused Between Spooning and Forking
There's a difference between sex and intimacy. Of course there is no doubt that those two correlate and integrate with each other. When I thought what I wanted was sex (although…
