Monthly Archives: January 2012

~ Hamadryad ~

((This poem was inspired by a picture by my friend and a poet I quietly admire and adore, Luke Prater. If you haven’t read his work, you’re missing a phenomenal word-smith!)) What a smooth, green dream it must seem, To … Continue reading

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Happy Year of the Dragon!

I would be completely remiss if I didn’t include this post! It’s the Lunar New Year (also known as the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival in China) and 2012 is the Year of the DRAGON! RAWR!   Can you … Continue reading

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Kismet’s Call

((Anyone who knows me knows that kittens are my Kryptonite! I recently submitted a story for the “Great Animal Rescue Chase“, which is a very worthwhile site dedicated to saving animals of all kinds. I have several ‘fur-babies’ in the … Continue reading

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~ Political Shakespeare ~

((I normally don’t “do” politics online, mainly because of the incendiary nature of such posts. I don’t like conflict, nor do I actively seek nut jobs who would like to bash me or my political leanings, or who would like … Continue reading

Posted in Food For Thought, Poetry, Politics | 22 Comments

2011 in review

((A completely unexpected, but nice touch from the WordPress team. 🙂 Thanks to all my friends and readers out there who made this compilation possible! You guys rock!)) The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this … Continue reading

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