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Heat Wave ...The Heat of Passion

July came like three o'clock in the afternoon, hot and listless and miserable. —Allie Ray 100 degrees in the shade and some smart ass reporter’s frying an egg on

Destellos de Cucalambeana [Esp-Eng]

Destellos de Cucalambeana [Esp-Eng] Justo el día del cumpleaños 197 de Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo (El Cucalambé), mayor poeta bucólico del siglo XIX en Cuba,

School of Hard Knocks ... Learning a Lesson

For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more―remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are not often as bad as their acts,

School of Hard Knocks ...Part 1 ...Living in Limbo

You learn more from getting your butt kicked than getting it kissed. ― Tom Hanks Unrequited Love People want a set of rules for living—why else would self-help books,

Writers' Craft ...Part 5 ...Finding My Voice

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way. ― Seamus Heaney Sharing and Caring? It was Day 2 of my resident writer's gig and I was eager

Writers' Craft ...Part 4 ...Approach-Avoidance

Bad faith is a lie to oneself, within the act of lying. — Jean-Paul Sartre Intimate Conversation The thing about writing is that most would-be writers focus on

Writers' Craft ...Part 3 ...Seeking Solace

Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although

Writers' Craft ...Part 2 ...Finding My Way

So, laugh with me, cry with me, but please don't tell me you know how I feel or what it's like because "it's the same" for you. How can it be? You never

Writers' Craft. ...Part 1 .... Reelin' in the Years

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett . Reelin' in the Years I was convinced I’d make it as a writer before I

On Porousness: The Membrane That Learns

The wall and the membrane There are two basic responses to the problem of maintaining a self in the presence of other selves. The first is the wall. The wall keeps

Are We Experiencing Reality or Our Interpretation of It?

Strange, isn't it? Maybe it's both. Often times we assume our immediate experience is the reality that matters most. We also end up believing it strongly enough

L´a nima non finita - Lidó Rico

This is the price we pay for achieving an identity […] We cannot stop being what others, together with us, have made us. Carlos Castilla del Pino. Theory of the

Frenemy ...Finale ....Coming of Age

I wonder if it really happened or I dreamed it. It was nice. And tender. I'm not used to tender. It's a fossil, that word. Conditions changed and it died out. Like

Million dollar identity

Million Dollar Identity — Why Who You Believe You Are Determines What You Earn Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through my links,

Frenemy ...Part 1 ...Rivalry

Most friendships are a sort of frozen and undeveloping semi-hostility. ― Iris Murdoch Eva's scary father I have two memories of Artie, my childhood friend—one involves

Una celebración de tradiciones [Esp-Eng]

Una celebración de tradiciones [Esp-Eng] Hay eventos que te remueven las esencias, que te seducen, que te asombran... Esos que te hacen preguntarte cuánto conoces

The Universe doesn't know my name

When the Artemis II crew was out there near the moon side, we could see Earth like a size of a football, if they would travel further ahead, the size of this ball

La identidad que indica la esencia de cada persona./Identity that indicates the essence of each person.[Spa-Eng]

sourch Todos los seres humanos, animales, aves e incluso todas las criaturas, vivas o inanimadas, presentes en este mundo, poseen una identidad, un nombre y una

Inner Enemy ...Confronting Failure

You want people lined up. You want the good guys on one side, the bad on the other. It doesn't work that way, does it? It is never that simple. ― Harlan Coben, Gone

I was GROOMED as a TEEN! CALL IN SHOW

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux unpacks a long-time caller's pandemic-worsened societal alienation and upbringing identity voids, forging cathartic paths to genuine