"Sometimes it does me good to dissolve. I drag my steps along the street, feeling an oversized weight on my back. But under that state, and with a horrible face, I manage, with great determination,

These days I've been melancholic, I've been listening to a lot of music from my mother's repertoire from years ago, when her children were very young, some of us still infants.... Of course, my mother

Yesterday escalated. That started even before the jamsession, with opening my beer and having the beer cap hit my throat with force, like it thought itself to be the Ripper (for all not familiar, it's

I remember the day I decided to choose life, it was a long time ago after I'd lost my father, and it seemed an easy choice to make. I decided to wake up each day and choose happiness and to do and think

I'm going to a concert this weekend, a small jazz ensemble playing at a little venue in the city. I'll meet some friends there, enjoy the show and chat over drinks. It's something I've been looking forward

I've worked pretty hard over the last few weeks for quite a few days in a row, long days of over 12 hours each, and I arrived at this weekend - my first two days off in a while - feeling pretty drained.

I was chatting with a friend today about the concept of inspiring oneself to achieve in a world that promotes the concept of mediocrity as acceptable and seems not to put as much emphasis on seeking to

I have a sister, well two sisters, daughters of my dad in a marriage before my mom's. But this sister I refer to is the most optimistic and positive person I've ever known. Even being attacked by many

It surely is and I'm glad for it because I'm not at work and that's a good thing. This weekend I'm going to a local gin distillery, not the one where the bottle in the image comes from, and I'm really