Fever Time

For the past few days I’ve been smoking mercury cigars – my head has been ebbing and flowing with a fever. A cough has nestled in my chest and interrupts me when I speak. When you’re feverish, the bed calls to you. Promises you comfort. But while rest does soothe the feverish, I find that … Continue reading Fever Time

When Your Life Feels Too Short

"Life is so short," you hear people say. "It passes like a dream. It seems that only yesterday I was a kid." I disagree. Life is not short, not unless we let our mind make it so. I am only 26 years old, but I have lived a great deal already. I would like to … Continue reading When Your Life Feels Too Short

​What’s happiness to you?

Doing what you enjoy and doing it well?  Another person near? Something good to eat, in the company of friends? A cat purring in your lap, waiting to be fed? A day spent in quiet solitude, with a book for a friend and music for a date? A trip someplace far that makes you feel … Continue reading ​What’s happiness to you?