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Liberated Writer: After many years of writing in corporate environments where subject matter is somewhat restricted to one's area of expertise within the company and which, of necessity, must be relevant to the company and departmental missions, I am enjoying

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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Unsolicited e-mail: 1 of 10
My personal website e-mail account is an ongoing source of entertainment, always stuffed with an amazing collection of unsolicited e-mail. It has a spam filter which only works if I put in keywords or phrases to identify which messages to mark as spam. Once that's done, it filters out hundreds of really bizarre messages. But... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Life: 22 of 163
HIGH SIERRA SUMMER High school? Graduated. Shakespearean acting class? Completed. Got the part in "12th Night." My part-time job wouldn't interfere with rehearsals or performances. Perfect! After the play closed, my manager called me into her office at the store where I worked as a stock clerk. I was told - for the first, bu... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Are we ever really in love: 7 of 33
In addressing the question of whether we are ever really in love, it is important to differentiate between being in love and loving someone. I have recently come to understand the difference. I've been in love many times, beginning with my first kiss. I actually saw stars and was dizzy for a moment, then really embarrassed f... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: What do you want to be when you grow up: 28 of 95
It would be easier to tell you what I want to be when I grow up if I had some idea of what that actually means. Is it a particular chronological point in one's life? Or is it more a perception of how someone decides that you, as a 20-something or 50-something should behave and how you should be living your life based on thei... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Things that go bump In the night: 2 of 6

The new apartment that a friend arranged for me was beautiful. Not practical, but otherwise, absolutely perfect. It was built on land that once held a near-downtown motel and was part of a revitalization, the goal of which was to provide an artists' community close to where most of the galleries are. It had 10' ceilings, hug... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Is there a mathematical correlation between a person's age & how interesting they are?: 2 of 5

"Your life is so exciting! You really should write a book." "Weren't you scared to do that all alone?" "You're driving where all by yourself? I'd be terrified!" "You worked where? Man, I've never done anything like that!" Are these, in your opinion, questions that would be asked of, or statements that would be made to an uni... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: I hear you: 122 of 142

RHYTHMS* Cicadas noisy in the trees, Reggae in the next room, Voices singing far off... Are they the same voices I just heard? Or does the sound linger only in my mind? The Struggle goes on, far away, Thousands of miles away. Now it has come here. To me. I have been touched deeply. I cry at the films: "Mandela," "The Last Gr... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: When the federal government attempts to fix the economy: 13 of 15

Run for cover! Change your identity! The Government is going to fix the economy! After spending a gazillion dollars or so to bail out failing mortgage lenders - the self-regulating ones who made deceptive loans to under-qualified buyers - and after deciding that the economy may be "slowing," and that inflation may be outpaci... More..