I got the obligatory “tramp stamp” tattoo when I was 21 or so. I had ended a three year relationship and it became a badge of freedom for me. It was of a hand drawn butterfly that the artist did for me. It was a done on the spur of the moment. I never regretted the tattoo, but I out grew the tattoo. I changed … Continue reading The Cover Up
As I said last Sunday, that I wasn’t going to give any more energy in living a life that chooses me. From last week’s post: I do not choose and will not let life choose: – to allow the energies of others to effect my mood, my mind, my inner peace, my personality – to allow the actions of others to effect my mood, my mind, … Continue reading Sunday Reflections: Choose Happiness
The month of February I was not living from the choice of what I wanted to do. I was living in the choice of what I should do to get through the shit I had on my list…aka sleep walking through the monotonous motions of a life I was not choosing to live but a life I was letting choose me. Continue reading Sunday Reflections
“Absorb what is useful. Reject what is useless.” ~ Bruce Lee This quote by Bruce Lee has stuck with me. The moment I read it, I started this post and then lost the thought and perhaps the meaning behind the quote shortly after. Now, several months later, going through drafts of posts, I landed on this post again. Why didn’t I ever finish writing it? … Continue reading Absorb What is UsefulReject What is Useless
If I am honest, I am undeniably single. I have been since 1999. It has been by my choice and I must say, it’s been one of the best choices I’ve made for my life. Some people need someone to feel complete and happy, and I’m pretty darn complete and happy with me. I don’t knock those who need someone, but I am an advocate at learning to spend and love yourself. RuPaul says it best: “If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” Continue reading THE $23.69 LIFE LESSON
“Following your joy, finding what it is when you lose your track of time and trying to direct your life so you can do that as much as possible you’ll start enjoying life a lot more and you’ll find that things will fall into place. That’s the secret to happiness and finding who you are, is following your natural instincts of what makes you happy.” Continue reading FOLLOWING YOUR JOY
As 2015 kicks off, I have one target that has consumed me since January 3, 2012: Australia (and if I’m completely honest, it was even prior to that date, but that was the date of my flight back to the US from my 3 weeks in Australia.) While I was on the flight back to the US, my friend Heather said that I seemed sad, and sad was not even close to describing what I was feeling.
I felt like I was leaving home.
There are places that feel like home the moment you step foot in them and I had never understood that until the moment I landed in Key West circa 2000 Continue reading LIVING MY LIFE LIKE A SONG
I can’t tell you how to live your life, I can only tell you how I will live my life.
#1: I don’t guard my time but I will moving forward. The days of saying “YES” to not hurt a friend’s feelings or to feel like I’m still a part of the circle ends. In 2015, I will only do things that inspire me, motivate me, better me, and move forward toward my targets in life. Continue reading MY 2015 MANIFESTO
Well, it finally happened. I published BARFLY. It wasn’t through traditional means. I didn’t find an agent who found me a publisher who gave me a book deal. I am self publishing it. I can’t begin to tell you how many rejection letters I received for BARFLY. Most of the rejection letters were form rejection letters, “the dreaded cut-and-paste letter that all writers receive no matter … Continue reading BARFLY: Now Available in Paperback and for Kindle
December 17, 2009 seems so far way, yet it feels like yesterday. You’ve been gone 5 years now Mama. 5 YEARS! It seems like yesterday and yet also feels like a lifetime ago. Time sometimes seems like it moves like molasses and sometimes it seems like lightning flashing across the sky. There are moments where I forget you’re gone and will pick up the phone … Continue reading Celebrating Lek 2014