Safe and cozy in our cocoons The last time the cocooning effect hit, the world had changed forever as we sat shocked into motionlessness...

THE LETTER “K” Kick ass days like those are now few and far between. Who knows how to make more; to set the world on fire again? I will...

THE LETTER “N” Noteworthiness nourishes. Not that she would know. She had never been noticed, not even as a child, though she had naively...

THE LETTER “V” Vibrations filled the air and reverberated through my body. Everyone was vying for his attention; vamping it up. Some...

THE LETTER “J” Jingle bells plays in the background. In the living room lots of jostling and jabbering going on. Jovial conversation,...

THE LETTER “U” Unbelievable! She refused to understand that I was her only true friend. Upset at being told what she knew deep down  to...

THE LETTER “O” Over. It is almost over, this obstacle and ordeal filled life; this overdose of unmentionables. The overtures of death...

The Letter “S” Solitary and solicitous to remain so, or so, he thought. He shunned prosaic societal situations and opted for studious...

The Letter “I” I have always had an insatiable interest in the intricate innermost workings of his mind. After all, he left an indelible...

THE LETTER “H” He lets himself go back to the halcyon days, pre-hardship and hallucinations; before his cheeks and heart hollowed out. He...

THE LETTER “D” Deplorable domination! Devotees are despicable, domineering and deluded types who divide and destroy via the deformation...

THE LETTER “B” Bereavement brought with it belligerent and bellicose behavior, bred bloodcurdling rage and burgeoning blackness of mood....

THE LETTER “W” Words. So many words jostling and competing, some surviving and thriving, while others are left behind to die. The trick...

THE LETTER “F” F orever forging forward, dragging everything and everyone along in her wake, as unwittingly flew towards the finishing...

THE LETTER “E” Encircled by an ocean of green, our house emerges from the treetops, ephemeral and effortlessly floating above the...

THE LETTER “C” Cross legged and cozy in a corner of my closet, I compose and choreograph compelling encounters for the charming, cool and...

THE LETTER “A” A rguably, we should have seen it coming. I’ll accept half the blame. To accurately assess the situation, we needed to...

THE LETTER “M” Mortadella and Swiss cheese sandwiches distinguisehd that memorable summer of 1989 from all others. It was a time of manic...

THE LETTER “L” Long ago… a lifetime, actually, since I have thought about it. Seems so ludicrous now, but back then, this larger than...

THE LETTER “T” Thin as a twig and touchingly pale; the timeless trademarks that elicit tenderness. Tirelessly she tried to come towards...