For the Murdered & Dead-Souled Children, a Poem.
We should fight for all kids, when we see them lost, We must fight the hard battles, at each low and high cost, Each child you see who is suffering and pained---
View ArticleThe Story that Has Changed My Life.
There are some stories that forever change your life. These are the events wherein you will never forget where you were when you first heard them—the exact moment and feelings, the very sense and even...
View ArticleWhy It’s Good to be Really Weird.
Maybe you aren’t as weird and strange as you think, but if you are, this could be a great thing. Because the strangest people in the world invent things, they think outside of boxes that haven’t yet...
View ArticleHow The Beatles Can Help Us Through Our Darkest Days.
Perhaps we could all use a little help from our friends right about now. And if our friends aren’t willing to help—or if we feel lonely even amongst our friends and lovers, undoubtedly the worst...
View ArticleWhy Being Perfect Leads to an Imperfect Life.
The best selling magazines, including Martha Stewart Living, boasts full-page glossy photos showing how you too can easily make hand-made silk slipcovers, gourmet appetizers from ingredients we've...
View ArticleWeather the Storms: A Poem for Finding Strength.
But I know all the seasons of being, The rising tides always forgive as much So I raised my legs and hands more bright, Even though you left so somber, I had my own song.
View Article10 Ways to Feel “Sane,” Even When We Feel Crazy.
Depressed? Frustrated? Mad? Good, because often these are the greatest motivators towards real change.
View ArticleHow I Lost 10 Pounds on the “Buddha Diet.”
To my dearest Inner Buddha and to the Self I want to become, today I will respect, nourish and only feed you with the purest and most healthy of foods and liquids.
View ArticleHow to “Really” Beat The Holiday Blues & Suffering.
How could I not feel happy during the Holidays?
View ArticleWhat our Grandparents Knew.
Perhaps our grandparents knew the secret of how to live an authentic and fulfilling life, and if we can remember just what they said for a moment, we can also understand.
View ArticleToday is the Anniversary of John Lennon’s Death—& the Birth-day of my Daughter.
John Lennon died in 1980 on this Day. My Daughter Came Out to Play 18 years later. My nubile teenage daughter with both “an old and a young soul” commented rather sadly that ”it is a bit tragic” that...
View Article40 Most Inspiring Quotes about “Writing by Writers.”
To be a writer is to suffer, to love madly and deeply, to cry when one wants really to laugh, to laugh wildly when one feels sorrow, and to ponder longingly and endlessly( and often foolishly) about...
View Article“Maiden-Less”: A Poem for Women Once Young & Beautiful.
On cold fall mornings, the housewives roll Their eyes while dancing In dreams of wine-stained nights before
View ArticleHow to Forgive Ourselves for This Year, from the Spirit of a 100-year-old...
Forgive yourself for this year, for all of your transgressions and seeming failures. Because you are alive, they are all miracles for you.
View ArticleThe Exotic & Erotic Truth about Women Writers.
As a woman, writing inspires my longing for exotic experiences and erotic ideas that may otherwise fail to fall into my being or spirit. And similarly but also differently, writing has nourished my...
View ArticleHalf Japanese Buddhist Daughter: A Poem of Love to Mother.
Birthed by two races, felt into my bones, I carried all shadows of cultural tone
View ArticleFor Happier Children: Be Happy First.
Albeit lovingly, we often pass to our children the stresses and haunts of adulthood, chipping away at their innocence one hard lesson at a time, beginning with our own role modeling as the most...
View Article5 Ways to Use Olive Oil & Look 10 Years Younger.
Ever since I was a nubile young girl of about three or four, I have enjoyed the simmering scent of olive oil in my mother's kitchen as she sautéed and prepared nearly every dish with this savory liquid...
View ArticleWant to be Happy? Stop Being Scared.
I'm attempting with one fell swoop to take the "fear of accident gene" out of my DNA, proclaiming that diving into the pool of life is where it's at, hopefully without sharks in the water, and a life...
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