Form follows function — On 10 July 2018, the new train station in downtown Raleigh Union Station, the Amtrak train station in Raleigh, North Carolina finally opened the brand new and long awaited multimodal facility in the city’s Warehouse District, at the site of the former Dillon Supply Viaduct warehouse. It’s one of my…

A poem musing on my path back to deep Faith… — Shattered by my self-flagellation… Shuttered by self-inflicted penance… Lost, alone by self-design… And seeking self-redemption… I lost the thread of His great Mercy… Buried myself in sackcloth and ashes… Held my head up way too high… Smiled and pretended I didn’t care… Denied my lost and wandering soul… Filled with greed, sycophants, eyeing…

A great way to eliminate all that refined sugar — 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup honey 2 tsp. vanilla extract 2 medium eggs 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup Hershey’s cocoa 1 cup chocolate chips 3/4 cup chopped nuts Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch baking pan with parchment (or grease with cooking spray)…

How do so many lose themselves in the façade? — At the end of the essay below, you will find my spoken word reading of the poem, “Façade” — The essay is my musings… the thoughts upon which my short poem was inspired. Lost Among Thorny Lies We all make ourselves used to it. We do it to “get along” — we do it…

Vote Blue No Matter Who — Shall We the People of America allow the forces of anti-democracy drag us screaming backwards to a neverwas of their fevered, cruel imaginings? It is midterm election season. Midterms matter because the House of Representatives is decided every two years. They matter because local and gubernatorial races are where national…

Stupid question: “Should a man who accidentally impregnates a woman be forced to marry her?” — This ludicrous question purports to be a solution for the removal of abortion rights. It ponders whether forced birth should also mandate forced marriage. It itimates that is the solution now that the Dobbs ruling overturned Roe v. Wade? Apparently, there…

Poetic Prose Writing Prompt for August 2022 — The prompt directed contributors to write a story formatted as a paragraph poem in 500 words or less. Specifically, the poets were to compose a story-telling poem on a theme of their choosing. But, instead of laying it out in lines and stanzas, they were to lay it out in…

An original creation of my own devising — I developed the recipe for this dish over time. Like a lot of my dishes, it began its life as a vegetarian meal. I added the chicken and chicken soup base for my husband. He’s always enjoyed my vegetarian recipes. However, every time he eats one of them, he’ll invariably…

Speaking to my 13-year old self — To the Me Who Was… A commentary in poetical form to myself at the age of thirteen, when things were at their worst and despair seemed to be the only future ahead… You there… yes… you You’re the me that was. I’m the me who’ll be you. A chance to end is lost. No…