Yesterday’s Flash-Mo prompt was to give yourself an award and write an acceptance speech. I decided to give the award to someone else instead. Cat of the Year The curtains part and the crowd goes silent. Anticipation grows until the whole room practically thrums. Music plays, softly at first but building to a crescendo and …
According to Tolstoy, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Marriages are like that, too. Relationships of all kinds. I could have written dozens of novels based on past unhappy relationships but my relationship with my wife, a happy, healthy, respectful relationship, leaves me with a decided lack …
It’s been a very good year. I think, on the whole, it falls more into the joy category than the grief. There has been some struggle, most of it financial. But I keep reminding myself that I have a roof over my head. I have friends who have helped in bad times. I have a …
My top ten list for a happy life. Happy October, friends. 1. Follow your dreams. At least one, at least once, even if it screws up all of the rest of your plans. 2. Love hard. Love even, and especially, after your heart breaks. 3. Cultivate radical honesty. Some people won’t love the real you, …
Finnian Burnett 