What Crosses My Mind

  • Coasting In Idle

    I’m coasting in idle for the moment. I’ve spent the day in my home, hanging out with my dog. I can’t decide whether I’m in a good state of mind or I’m not. I remember waking in the morning and looking at my bedroom wall from my bed and wondering how I might describe it.…

  • The State of Our Mind

    We witness the fall of our nation, Every news report, Even the silence alone is telling. It’s that quiet confusion, Always evades reasonable truths, And runs us into the ground. There’s a faction of desperation  Seems impossible to address, Maybe it’s about comprehension. So many street corners, Holding onto anxious eyes. We see them everyday,…

  • Being Alone

    I suppose it’s a state of mind, My world crumbling around me. Little sound bytes of tyranny Veiled by loyal mouthpieces. We sometimes feel isolated By surges of the unthinkable. We wonder out loud some times, Believing the mystery awaiting. Even then the facade is stronger, Our words are tied in knots. When a wish…

  • Our Country In Tears

    What happens every day disturbs me The anxiety and the helplessness. As if a void has been built around us, Capable of swallowing our integrity. “Love the smell of deportation.” Could everything really be a hoax? ~ I’m sorry but we have to do better, A megalomaniac is seeking heaven. His words bounce off our…

  • I’m Serious

    “I love the smell of deportations in the morning …” Is this something a president says? The POTUS? How embarrassing it is to be a citizen of a country that is being run by a small minded backyard moron. Who can actually look at that statement and not feel a fear of helplessness for this…

  • On Stephen Colbert

    We recently received the news that Stephen Colbert has been cancelled. The highest rated late night show is being discontinued because of “financial issues.” This is hard to imagine given his show – Late Night With Stephen Colbert – is incredibly popular. Social media has taken to criticizing the move, people recognizing without a blink…

  • I’m Struggling to be OK, and other “Trump is my President” Anxieties

    Last night I listened to 45 basically implode or become ‘unhinged’ as most news agencies reported, except for one I suppose. I walked into my home and my wife was exasperated with his demonstrative ranting at his Arizona campaign rally. Then I listened more as he defended all of his bigotry and ‘fake news’ accusations,…

  • Propagandic Despair

    I want to watch the news, want to know, to understand, to speculate, what is right, what is incomplete, what deceptive story will lead me astray today, tonight, tomorrow, every way I look for something new, some situation refreshing,   I want to watch the news, I just can’t find the right ideas to concern…

  • On Racism, Schools & Awareness

    Whenever an act of racism occurs in my community, or in the world around me, I never know quite how to respond. My natural reaction is to be appalled and disappointed, then fear settles in, then uneasiness, followed by confusion. My gut tells me I want to figure out who to blame first, and then…

  • Is This Really Liberal Thinking?

    Last night I had a conversation with two people I have tremendous respect for, the subject quickly turned to politics, and I openly expressed my dislike of our current state of affairs. I spoke of my dismay with our current POTUS’s views and motives, and the dialogue took an icy turn to defense and validation.…