What Crosses My Mind

  • Please Scream Rather Than Leave A Note – Suicide In Our Lives

    The other day, I read a NYT article that indicated suicide rates are rising at an alarming rate since 1999. The same day CNN listed a similar statistic at 25% since 1999. This was the day after Kate Spade had taken her life. I thought it a natural followup of a tragic event. This morning…

  • The Poetry of Suicide

    A woman whom I do not know, not even close, took her life this morning. ~ It was in the news, more grisly to the imagination, than the simple passing, the mortality of our human condition. ~ Word was immediate, she hanged herself. ~ Listen to the words, hear them resonate, like a deep dark…