In Phoenix, summer is a heat bomb that explodes in late June.
Personal Journal
Forever lit with the soul of another
Immediate grief is a falling to the knees, a bleeding of the heart, a blow to the soul. Ongoing grief is a getting up; a call to move on; a healing and strengthening; a melding of soul with sorrow, with loss, with life; a transforming of self to renewed being, rebuilt with the leavings of another.
Flustered
My heart beat so hard when I was near him, I feared he could hear my secret longing for him.
journal, age fourteen
Check it out
Knowledge lives at the library, and the nice people there always let us take some home.
Heart success
Heart pumps blood — and love, passion, hurt, joy, faith.
Eternally
New beginnings happen every day.
Boom box philosophies
Next time you’re mad, try dancing out your anger.
G’ma & G’pa
Grandmas and grandpas are
journal, age thirteen
Nature lessons
Can plants be happy? If they get what they need, they thrive —
Movie review
good luck to you, leo grande
emma thompson — you
are my new hero
Solar energy
The sun is nature’s antidepressant.
Eyes on eternity
Life is so much clearer under the stars than under a roof.
Saudade
…and torture myself with happy thoughts…