What Crosses My Mind

  • So, It’s Today

    So it’s three years ago, so it’s today, so every moment of my day, spent trying to find a way, to let go, to move forward to forget about anniversaries, at least the ones, I want nothing to do with anymore. Yet there are strings, parts of my life I can never forget, nor do…

  • Scotch on the Rocks -prose-

    Nine years ago, I had one of these. Around 4 in the afternoon, as soon as I could after getting out of work. I know I probably had two before going home for about 1/2 hour and then taking off with the excuse that I had correcting to do. My school basketball team was in…

  • Wandering Souls -prose-

    The other day when I wrote I was upset about the circumstances of a loss of human life, one that would be thought of as too soon. Some might call it a waste of a good life. I remember hearing a colleague, a person I consider a friend, even though they might not value that…

  • Lest We Forget We are Human Beings -prose-

    There’s a famous line in the relatively obscure movie Freedom Writers that has stuck with me since the first time I heard it in context. ‘You know what’s gonna happen when you die? You’re gonna rot in the ground.” – Erin Gruwell. The context speaks to a young African American student wanting to be recognized…