Searching for Balance

Light….Dark. Day…Night. Happy…Sad. Positive…Negative. All of these stages are connected to each other, though on the opposite ends of their spectrums. Somewhere in there is the point of balance, though there are times when the scale lists to...

Short Story

I wrote this back in November/December for a feature that was being done. It was published in the January/February issue of BTS magazine. If you missed it there, as tomorrow is March – here it is again.   What they didn’t know Savannah Verte   They...

Coming into the homestretch …

Anyone that reads this blog is probably aware that I’m a first time author. This platform has been a diary of sorts of my journey into the world of writing and getting my first book published. Not only has it been an exciting adventure, it has also been educational...

week #9 – It's "I" week

REPOST By Abyrne | May 30, 2013 As I sit and think about this post and all of the “I” words that influence our skill set ((there’s another I word)) that we have that encompass what we know about being a good writer, and have always known; I find that for “I” week, I...

No particular harbor

I’ll never be rich. I know that at this stage in my life, and have managed to come to terms with the revelation. Actually, I think I rather like the idea of it. The only downside is I have a dream of one day sailing off and disappearing away somewhere to read,...

The elusive 'enough'

I’m no longer young. I know that. I’m not willing to concede middle-aged though. I fight tooth & nail to keep up and stay ahead. Sometimes, I amaze myself, others…not so much. This last week was a colossal failure of epic proportions. Some...

Chaos, plus some …

For the first time since I started writing my weekly blog with the Bard, I find myself unprepared. It’s been that kind of week. I seem to be a victim of Murphy’s Law. If it could wrong, it did, in spades. I’m trying to rise above the chaos, but...

Cold, cold, cold

Baby, it’s cold outside . . . and inside. As I sit here, hoping that today my laptop might generate some heat to warm my legs, I am waiting for the HVAC guy to show up to repair our furnace after reading something similar to this AC Repairs for Dummies: 2019...