Month: July 2017

SXSW 2015

SXSW, South by southwest, is a great event that occurs in Austin, Texas in the spring to showcase movies, music and interactives. This year for the first time I went to the music week and attended several of the showcases that went on from March 17-March 21. I was able to purchase a music wristband because I resided in the…

Rushing To The Altar…I do?

Back when I was 25 I had just gotten out of a long emotionally abusive engagement and then out of a short rebound relationship that got violent. I was on the mends as they like to say. So I was feeling down and out. My frame of mind was that I would never ever get married and just be pushed…

Mardi Gras!

The first I went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans… What I expected was a weekend of girls gone wild type activity and some terrible decisions that would lead me to avoid all mirrors and contact with anyone human for a while. Not that I do those types of activities often or ever. My only ever exposure to what it would be…

Check Out! Unplug!

Check-out time. You. Now. With all the social media and communications devices it’s so easy these days to get wrapped up in the buzz of constant pings, rings and notifications. Life has become a series of notifications. The world, your friends, your family and your job have all became accessible at the tips your fingertips EVERY second of EVERY day.…

The Second Reflection

Day one Abigail looked in the mirror. Same old face. Honestly the way her life was going she wondered why she had a need for mirrors at all. She wasn’t sure if they were accurately reflecting what was reality or were they just some cruel fun house prank created by someone with low self-esteem to torment the masses and make…

Wayfare and Sedentary

There are two kinds of people in this world. This is something more than just male or female. What I’m referring to is there are the mobile people and then there are the sedentary. Nothing wrong with being either. Being an army brat my whole life I tend to be more of the mobile type. I love to travel, move…

The Stranger

The palm trees swayed in the salty sea air, the sea birds cried out over the waves and the calm cacophony of the ocean was rhythmically soothing to their ears.