hidden in the shadows linger in the darkness moments of sadness moments of dispair aches of the soul pain the heart river of tears washed away hurt and sorrow these are the […]
Ghosts of Depression Past
Shelia Taylor
Songs of My Life: May 2020
Groove {slang}: to appreciate and enjoy to please immensely Groove. That was what May was about. Finding my groove. Getting into the groove. Grooving along. Groove. The theme was in the song […]
Feels Like Home
I’ve been in Australia since 13-November 2015 and chasing that Australia dream since my feet hit the ground. Half of the first year, I had a place to stay, in the basement of […]
Moving Out and Growing Up
It’s time to move out and to continuing growing up. Literally and figuratively. This is my last Saturday in my very first apartment here in Sydney. I’ve lived in an Art Deco […]
30 Day Song Challenge – April 2020
Over on Instagram, for April I did the 30 Day Song Challenge. Here are the songs: 01. A song you like with a color in the title Purple Pills by D12 02. […]
Songs of My Life: April 2020
April has been ONE. VERY. LONG. MONTH where seconds seemed like minutes. Minutes seemed like hours. Hours seemed like days. Days seemed like months. I’m over isolation. I want normality back but […]
Dropping the Mask
It’s Sunday, 5:19pm as I start to write this. “Zhill Down” by Neotic is playing and there is some celebratory clapping going on outside my windows. I did a whole lot to […]
Songs of My Life: March 2020
I’m glad you’re ending March. You’ve been a doozy for the world. With Corvid-19 literally and figuratively taking over the world be it in people or the news, stupid politicians doing stupid […]
Some Days…
Some days are diamonds. Some days are stone. That’s what John Denver sang anyway. Some days just kick you in the fucking teeth. Some days just leave you the hell alone. And […]
Dancing with the Big Boys
They say it’s a man’s worldBut it’s a world full of boysRude boysKind boysDumb boysSmart boysStraight boysGay boysGenderless boysHater boysLover boysBoys will be boysToxic with masculinityImmune to the hatred they spread “Dancing […]
Songs of My Life: February 2020
February has thrown me for a loop this month. With it being a Leap Year this year, the extra day has thrown me out of whack. I started the month with a […]
A Lesson in Irritation
Well, the first 9 days of February have been an external internal battle. Internal battle of not letting external affect my mental space and an internal battle of why I am suddenly […]
