A few recent posts
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- TodayFor the first time in decadesI sit in my house, empty, alone.It feels okay.No distracting chatter,or thoughts.Just quiet.Who’d have known this peacewould finally arrive todayof all days. -Mandy Ricks
- No refunds
- Don’t look at me“Don’t look at me”, she lowered her head. Maybe more makeup would cover her shame. She barely supposed to walk, Her drummer is gone. For sure she will wander, head …
- Those stepsYou don’t have to feel ready to take the next step, a big step, or even a small step. You just have to be willing, for a moment, not to …
- MonstersI hope today brings you one step closer to where you want to be and one step farther than where the monsters live. -Mandy Ricks
- GraspingAre you grasping for some joy, perhaps some inspiration? But the dark keeps marching, twisting your thoughts into a spider web. Each tentacle sticking to a thought creating darkness and …
- ChangeI was having a chat with ChatGPT about a quote by Albert Einstein on the need to be intelligent to accept change. But we both agreed that it doesn’t really …
- Late night parkingIs it possible that the best thing about our relationship was the late night parking? Where shadows of something our hearts called love collided with vinyl seated orgasms. Or was …
- MaybeMaybe we want to suffer more than the people we hurt so that they’ll forgive us.
- Never jump firstSummer arrived in a ball of heatand humidity.People bask in the sun wishing fora great tan, an icy drink, and a hot companion.And it’s true, your summer wishes may come …
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