Still Growing

February 10, 2026.Reading time 1 minute.

People pleasing is a trauma response. This statement made me stop and pause. I’ve been on a mission lately to break out of the cycle of people pleasing, and this is one revelation that I somehow missed. “It’s part of fawning,” my therapist explains. I hadn’t heard of that either. Apparently, flight, fight, freeze, or […]

Praying for Peace

February 4, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Continuing with my self-portrait a day project. I start with a blind sketch (looking in a mirror or at a photograph and not the page) and then fill in the rest. While creating this piece, I was thinking of what the world needs now: peace.

Text Don’t Call

January 28, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Watching a true crime episode the other day, and the person of interest ended up being arrested over numerous calls he made to his wife at the time of the victim’s demise. The suspect and his wife swear the calls were made within their own home. He was downstairs and she was up. The detective […]

But What Do I Know?

January 21, 2026.Reading time 1 minute.

Here are some observations and thoughts from current events: The irony: the chaos he’s creating appears to be a product of his own mental decline. What’s left to pick up the pieces, I will need to ponder further. What did I miss?

Finding Compassion

January 14, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Once We Believe

January 7, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Ice

January 4, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nature’s artistry, not the political kind. Beautiful and dangerous. More in the forecast this week.

Uncertainty

December 31, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A thought as we approach a new year. Happy New Year all!

Season’s cheer from our house to yours

December 24, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

To all my friends who celebrate, and for all the rest a wish for good cheer, or at least moments of peace.

Go Ahead: Delight in The Little Things

December 17, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(Image my own)

Expectations

Expectations artificialliving in an urban junglelonging for nature’s calm – time moves too swiftlybarely registerlet alone participate We are guests in our ownexpectation’s dysfunctionlicensed for depression a smorgasbord for abuseintentions mislaid,disappointment unavoidable The ego pretends to be openbut she’s an actress off cueplaying out a sentence – condemned to basicspraying to escapethis dystopian malfunction. (Image […]

Overcast

Water mimics sky,withholds resplendent blue,dons grey overcoat. (Image my own, created from a photograph)

A Mother’s Grief

(Art my own. The drawing and the poem were in response to a documentary featuring a mother’s loss of her child by suicide. Please listen with care.) Sorrow lines her edgesin blue-hued shadowsgrief’s moss overpowering light Lines etched erasableshe is fragmented, hauntedpain a persistent noose She will rally to find orderlend her voice to causespeak […]