I am lonely.
I can say it. I am lonely. You know, I’ve never heard a woman say these words to me before. It’s something I believe we all go through, but we don’t like to stay in that feeling, and I’ve witnessed countless methods by women to scurry out of the arena called Loneliness. Some of them have been constructive. Most of them, not... [Read more...]
Conman-Jeremy Clark-Erskine
It was an ordinary night in October, 2009. I was on OKCupid, considering disabling my profile, as I was exhausted from dating, and wanted to take a break. A handsome and charming young man and I started chatting on IM, and he impulsively asked me if he could meet me for some ice cream, right then. So I said yes (what the hell sort of thinking). 2 dates... [Read more...]
That ol ball and chain
So I was talking with my niece last week over dinner, and said something out loud that didn’t really strike me until it was already outta my mouth. It’s often that way with me-I think it, I say it, THEN I absorb the full implication of it. Yikes, right? Still, its proven insightful at times. Anyway, I said something along the lines of ‘Money... [Read more...]
Lovers of the past
This weather has me drifting back. To old loves.. to how we discovered the triumph of love in each other.. how time and differences kept us from being together.. the eventual sadness of parting… and back around again to friendship. The sweet sharp tang of calling up and saying “Hey~ I thought about you the other day” and to feel their... [Read more...]
Friends for a…what’s between season and lifetime?
Edit to text for August 2010-I thought this post went out back in April, and by some fluke, I see it didn’t. So I’m posting it now.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few months back, a dead person came alive into my life. Maybe it would be easier on you if I called them “lost”, or a “drifter”. You know the person. You’ve... [Read more...]
