Archive for January, 2006

What you resist – persists.

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

No more roadblocks! I realized what has been stopping me from completing my Descansos project. The previous post is a story from the Bronx – a memory that popped up. I realize now that in blocking out negative events from my past, I have inadvertently blocked out the positive memories as well. “What you resist [...]

Another Day at the Point.

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

(Another premise for a short story… Please let me know what you think.)It was a typical New York summer morning, you know, hot, muggy and the air had the thick charge of war. Last night was not a typical Friday night, though. The sounds of battle were louder than usual. The gunfight, the police sirens [...]

Foolish Old Man… – 3rd installment

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

(Another portion of my short story… Please let me know what you think.) Kirk finds himself drifting off to the days when he was a good boy. He reminisces about the wooden mop he so proudly rode, as his horse, off to the sunset. Those were the days when life was good. Those were the [...]

Roadblock on the Side of the Road

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Here I am! I have to make another Wednesday call to my SELP coach. I don’t know what to say to him. I am stuck in my descansos project & he is going to tell me “Not again!” The program started on Dec 3rd and here I am a month later & I am still [...]

Foolish Old Man… – 2nd installment

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

(Another portion of my short story…) The next day Mercy was not working for Kirk, because she needed to admit her father into the nursing home for some physical therapy. She’s an old pro at this. This is not the first time she’s admitting someone into the nursing home. See Mercy’s son, Marc, has lost [...]

Vivid dreams that intrigue – or – just torment. Written thoughts that open doors & open minds, allowing me to see the truth hiding in the shadows. "A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read." — The Talmud