The Dancer Has Left The Stage, Only Words Remain
Wherefore goes the music when the song is done? The dancer has left the stage, and an emptiness permeates the room.
Writing Vocal Tones and Facial Expressions
Writing Vocal Tones and Facial Expressions
Of the many things I learned from Deb Dixon's "Goal, Motivation,…
Desperate by Daniel Palmer
Desperate by Daniel Palmer
An illusion is something that appears or looks different from what it really is. It is…
Grief: The Great Yearning
Grief: The Great Yearning
I've come a long way in the three years since I wrote the following journal entry. …
The Story Behind the Van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandage
Van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandage
Before Vincent van Gogh cut off his right ear lobe and presented the bloody…
Game of Thrones: The Redirection of the Fantasy Genre
Game of Thrones
The fantasy series Game of Thrones has started its fourth season and scored as never before. Can…
Veteran’s Daughter
Veteran's Daughter
My father left Oregon State University in nineteen sixty-three. He traded in his books to…
What – Green Snow?
That tree above shakes and bends with the gusts – green seedpods shower the hummus crowd - horizontal green snow!
Angels and Grown-ups
Left alone on Mama’s bed,in Mama’s room -still heard Grandmother’s feet -she wore black tied shoesand her feet…
A Week With Mr. Lewy Body
Trouble getting words out, causing more frustration, and anger towards those they love.
Elvis and the Blue Tits
The lead singer was a squirrel
Sitting in a tree
His backing group were blue tits
Who round him sweetly sang…
Cowboys of New York
They carry the food and
They ride bicycles
They are the worker bees of
Manhattan’s food industry.On…
Shaneka L. McClarty
Shaneka L. McClarty
Shaneka McClarty is a southern girl with a love for all things sweet; she enjoys sweet…
The Voices of My Children
And they sing. With voices the color of buttercups and vanilla. Lifted and soaring, low and urgent. Telling a…
Why Do We Love Magic?
Do you remember watching David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear on live TV? I do.