The Idea-smithy

For ten years I have believed that I was in love. Mad, wild, passionate, head-throbbing, nerve-searing love. And in love with someone who didn’t love me. Or care for me. Or respect me. Or even treat me as a human being.
Recently I met someone else who made me feel the same way. The thing is, [...]

Some people need to run away before they can find their way back home.
The prodigal relishes the return as much as the welcome party does.

The time has come….has long been waiting
And I have nothing more to say except
Goodbye
And of course…thank you
For hearing what I had to say
For sharing your ideas and thoughts
For offering advice and support
For sharing this space with me
Thank you, so very much.

I don’t lie
I just make the truth a little less easy to find
Hide-and-seek is best played between two people
If I am found
I don’t run
This is not tag and I don’t mix games
I find tag mind-numbing
Hunting is quite different from chasing
I stake out, I stalk and I pounce
Sometimes I run
But I don’t race
I’m a runner, for [...]