Well, if you are going to ask it that way…
Make sure to like and follow.
Well, if you are going to ask it that way…
Make sure to like and follow.
This Week’s Phrase Cool like grass Last spring, a student left a sticky note on my classroom door. It was part of a collection of positive affirmations, small words of kindness in scrawled handwriting and doodles. Most said things like:You matter.You’ve got this.Be yourself. But one stood out, quiet and strange: Cool like grass. That’s…
There’s a moment,after baconis placedin searing pan,sizzling,sweating,a momentjust beforethe sizzlingstrip surrendersto heat,risking beingburnt black, that’s the moment,when fatsubmits its willand finally renders,that’s the momentbacon earnsblessed exaltation.
What if we loosened our grip on the glowing rectangles we carry everywhere? What if we walked more? Actually walked. Down sidewalks. Through neighborhoods. Past people we might eventually learn the names of.
Dear truck drivers, We see you, and we’re sorry.
We’re sorry you have become pawns in this red-herring drive to divide and conquer.
My bed and Ihave a nightly ritual,an ongoing debate,about life: Life is meantto be ponderedand lived,he says. All I want,I slap back,is sweet sleep. He, of course,is king,and my mind,unfortunatelysilently protests,unwillingto stand ground. Neither of usis contentto concedethe quarreluntil the weemorning hours.
With joy,tears retreating,but laughter beating,pulsing,pounding,refusing to stop.Spinning, kicking,restless ticking,tickling my veins,love’s rhythmclicking, sticking,refusing to fade.With joy,shouting, leaping,flying high,my feet, dancing,soaring in the sky.My soul,fanning flamesonce fiercely burning,no longer holding tearsI taught myself to bury.But tears, once hidingdeep where pride resides,no longer have room to stay,no corners left to divide.With joyI’m breaking free,riding waves,soaring high,with younow…