Here be dragons.
Comes The Dawn
After a while, you learn the subtle difference
between holding a hand and chaining a soul.
And you learn that loving doesn’t mean leaning
and company isn’t security.
(Kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t promises.)
After a while you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes open,
with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.… Read the rest
Where Are They Now?: Jonathan Potts
Isn’t he lovely? Well, how would you know. I went to school with Potts. He was our high school valedictorian. One of the really nicest guys I’ve ever known. I don’t think I’ve seen more than a couple of the movies listed here. But I see him on TV commericals and I always wish him well.… Read the rest
Found photos and clip art collages. This is along the lines of what I want to start doing.
I’m such a nobody. One of those nice grrls everyone else pats on the head and forgets a few minutes later. “Her? Oh, yes. She was sweet. What was her name…?”
I read my writing, stuff I think of as mature, adult, advanced beyond the sweet virgin. It’s not. It is sweet and nice and reeks of budding virginess.… Read the rest
It’s odd to meet someone with your same birthday, once. How odd is it if it happens twice? Eric, my last date/ boyfriend (?) was the same date, just 12 years older. Today I found that a new guy I’ve just started getting to know also has the same date just a few years younger. Kind of funny in a weird/ strange way.
Maybe I’m not as odd as I think. Is it possible there is another woman about to turn 40 who has only had sex with one man, about 3 times, in her life? What a sexual deviant I am!
Anyone want a slightly used virgin? Cheap… well, not in quite that way.
I live in my own skin and I assume everyone is like me.… Read the rest
For Suzuki, who is estranged from her husband, the pillow has definite advantages: “It doesn’t squirm or thrash in the night, and you know it’ll be there in the morning.”
Read more about the man pillow including the upcoming woman lap pillow for men.
Here are some pictures too.
http://www.dailywriting.net/choc%20box/chochbox.htm
A box of ideas.