Weathering Fear (November 2016)
Fear is like the cold we hide from each morning in the comfort of our warm blankets. It's nothing a...
Read MoreDiscovery – Short Story (Flash Fiction Contest Entry, 2017)
Confused, Paul carefully removed the digital headset. “I didn’t expect trees; is this some sort of augmented reality device?”...
Read MoreShaping the World of Tomorrow (2018)
When young people grow to understand that every part of the global human culture was ultimately decided by people just...
Read MoreRandom Thoughts (2018 – Depression)
Depression when it hasn't hit yet is like a fog. You can see it off in the distance, looming and...
Read MoreMoments with Zen (2018)
Zen: Why are your jokes so corny?Me: Because I'm your dad.
Read MoreI Challenge Life – Poem (2001)
I challenge Life, In a world of masked illusion, With fake visions of perception, I challenge life to defy me....
Read MoreRandom Thoughts (2018)
Sometimes the door to a greater world is made of the same materials as the walls that have confined us...
Read MoreOn Integrity and Loyalty (2018 – Semi-Political)
Integrity is a non-partisan quality I respect and admire in all people. Loyalty is also a non-partisan quality I respect...
Read MoreRandom Thoughts (2018)
Normal is just the region most of humanity shares in common when everyone is plotted on a Venn diagram. Best...
Read MoreHealing our Broken Selves (2019)
Life is hard. And it breaks you, repeatedly, mercilessly. This is true for all of us. What sets people apart...
Read MoreOn the Character of Superman – (2018)
I want to see a Superman story written and directed by a woman. Why? A couple of reasons. First, so...
Read MoreBittersweet Autism – (2018)
Hurt. Angry. Sad. Depressed. Frustrated. Scared. Anxious. Helpless. Determined. Deflated. Desperate. Loving. Broken. Devastated. Resolute. Futility. Hollow. Just some of...
Read MoreTimes with Zen (2018)
Zen's first 'dad joke'. Knock Knock Who's there? Space Space who? You need to go back to school; space is...
Read MoreRandom Thoughts (2018)
In a universe where observation brings reality into focus, perspective is everything.
Read MoreRandom Thoughts (2018)
True happiness doesn't just happen. It is an art and a discipline.
Read MoreScars of Yesterday – Poem
Branded by every love I shared.What I meant to someone.What they meant to me.A story written in the scars that...
Read MoreGenius in the wild (April 2019)
True genius is in the madness, but so is everything else. Don't take the plunge unless you can swim on...
Read MoreChildhoods and Mothers (Mother’s Day, 2019)
Today I'm thinking about childhoods. The times I spent in front of the television playing games. The walks I went...
Read MoreMoments with Zen (From 2015)
Zen is experimenting on the scale with construction paper wings and complaining that his weight isn't going down. He got...
Read MoreWisdom on Love from a place of Pain
If you have a special someone in your life that you love, never let a day go by that you...
Read MoreRandom Thoughts
Sometimes life can be rather serendipitous, and we can suddenly find ourselves with what we had never realized that we...
Read MoreTime – Poems from Ranier
Time in life seems often fleeting And yet in truth it is ever present. It is not time that is...
Read MoreMy Father in the Mirror – Poems from Ranier
I see my father in the mirror, But with the kindest eyes. It scares me to see that man that...
Read MoreHealth – Poems from Ranier
Health is not a condition or a state of being. It is an equilibrium; A place of stability within the...
Read MoreRandom Thoughts
There's nothing wrong with a world of happy tears in the sun. All you'll see is rainbows.
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