The Anniversary
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero Today is the anniversary of my grandmother’s death. It’s been three years since […]
Tag Archives: love
Quiet Moments
“It can be quite easy to fool yourself into believing everything is fine. During the waking hours you fill your days with work, social interaction, distractions…but it doesn’t last. It’s […]
Short Story: Our Story
There’s no changing your mind about whom you love. That’s part of the tough thing about being in love – it’s sort of undeniable. – Piper Perabo It is undeniable. […]
Short Story: Loving You
Love. I can’t help but watch you as you sleep. The gentle rise and fall of your chest are like the gentle waves on a beach. Here […]
Short Story: The Silence
My legs are folded under me as I sit at the window seat near my balcony. A cup of tea resting in the palm of my hands. Remnants of its […]
The Catalyst
Pain is a catalyst for growth. That was the mantra that I repeated in my head the next morning as I drove to work. It was the mantra that I […]
Taking Off The Rose-Colored Glasses
“We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a […]
Growth & Balance
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. – William Butler Yeats Growth. Recently, I’ve been accosted […]
Candles & Flames
“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld For the last few days I’d been contemplating writing a […]
Finding the Past: Painting
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso Earlier last week, I was in a very interesting mood and after my discovery of all my art supplies from […]
TeaTime with the Mad Artist 