Duke ⋅
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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100 Years _ in General
I’m fifteen for a moment Caught in between ten and twenty And I’m just dreaming Counting the ways to where you are At fifteen I was in love, or rather a fifteen version of infatuation. Cathy. ...
Caretaker IV in The Fiction
This was the writing sample that got me into the MFA program. God help us all. Caretaker IV I Celia, I came out of cryosleep today. It was a lot uglier than I had been led to believe while in t...
Late The air is fragrant here in mid coast Maine this time of year. I’d like to say it reminds me of my childhood, but the hiccupy way my life worked out I was barely here. Born here. Likely t...
Boots Boots Boots in General
Boots Boots Boots Interesting conversation on an AOCS group regarding SERE school. We were given strict orders that we were never to talk about anything that happened there. In hindsight it was...
Dante’s Prayer in General
Friday I was awake at 230am. By 300am I was out of bed. Ungraceful, tumbling thoughts bounced around in my brain. They went all the way from the beginning until the end. But the middle, oh t...
It isn’t a surprise to me but I was accepted into the MFA program. I grunted out an eight page short story as a writing sample. The primary reason I would even apply is I am being mercenary. ...
Days Are Numbers in General
I first heard this song about the time I turned 20. I had been on my own since 17. And I never seemed to stop moving. Every time I went home I was turning around and leaving. I’m thankful tha...
California Sun in General
Just three days and I’m missing you more than I thought I would i missing you more than I like to say I’m hanging on a hope swinging from a rope It’s all a shame My biggest mistake was letting y...
The Age of Adeline in General
The Age of Adeline I just watched that movie again. It breaks my heart every time. I don’t know why Hollywood is trying so hard to make it go away, for a five year old movie it should be all ov...
It is only when I am in the quiet I realize how noisy is my soul. I have a YouTube playlist that is all Celtic New Age stuff. I can feel my breathing start to synchronize with the in and out of t...
Pray Your Gods in General
Pray your gods who ask you for your blood For they are strong and angry jealous ones Or lay upon my altar now your love I fear my time is short There are armies moving close Be quick, my love… E...
I edited and edited and edited until I didn’t know what else to cut out to get back to 10 pages. Both writing samples and my “personal statement” have now been submitted for review. It’s not like...
ALS I heard this morning that my mother’s cousin, Nikki passed away. I guess that makes her my cousin in some kind of once removed way. She was diagnosed with ALS last fall. That is an awful, ...
Wild Wild West in General
She’s so mean but I don’t care I love her eyes and her wild wild hair Dance to the beat that we love best Heading for the nineties Living in the wild wild west The first time I heard that song I...
Robots Don’t Get Homesick in General
Robots Don’t Get Homesick Starting GoT from the beginning of last season. The final season starts soon. Two freaking years it took. We have a storm heading this way. Just going to be a sloppy ...
In 1995 I was just out of the fleet. Working for the Commodore at the wing. I wrote at least a dozen instructions in that two years, between the Bosnia conflict and 7 months in Italy. It always...
I was going through my files, trying to find something to submit as an example of my writing. I will confess. I don’t think this sucks. In most things in life you don’t really have a choice. A...
Prosebox has crashed. Because there is no way in hell I am the only person to write an entry in the last 24 hours.
Prosebox has crashed. Because there is no way in hell I am the only person to write an entry in the last 24 hours.
I have so much to write about. But I just don’t have the heart. Long roadtrip in my immediate future. At the beginning of May. Four corners. Down to DC to tour the Smithsonian. Maybe a stop ...
I have so much to write about. But I just don’t have the heart. Long roadtrip in my immediate future. At the beginning of May. Four corners. Down to DC to tour the Smithsonian. Maybe a stop ...
"I Was A Sailor Once" in General
“I Was A Sailor Once” I liked standing on the bridge wing at sunrise with salt spray in my face and clean ocean winds whipping in from the four quarters of the globe. I liked the sounds of the Na...
How long... in General
How long will I love you? As long as there are stars above you. And longer if I can… (That’s actually Julia Westlin covering a Ellie Goulding song) How long will I love you As long as stars are ...
Julia Westlin in General
She is experimenting with the same kind of stuff Enya was doing 30 years ago.
Eva I was up early this morning. It is back to crazy cold here is Maine. Single digits F. I went through my routine, took my meds, made my tea. Heated up my oatmeal. My search for a recliner t...
