Relationships

Why I deleted my Facebook account

"garbage blues" © S. H., 2006. CC BY-ND 2.0.
garbage blues” © S. H., 2006. CC BY-ND 2.0.
A grand total of fifty-six days. That’s how long I lasted on Facebook this time around. Much longer than my previous nineteen hours, but not as long as I’d had it before my year-plus absence. It was just long enough to figure out that I don’t want to go back ever again.

It wasn’t even the fight between my in-laws and best friend that did it, though I’m sure everyone will debate that for awhile. But, no, the thing that gets under my skin about the website is how much communication it enables, but how little is delivers. Continue reading →

Mental Health

What You Get

"Shattered..." © Spyros Papaspyropoulos, 2014. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Shattered…” © Spyros Papaspyropoulos, 2014. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
My brain can’t carve out the words to explain this.
Can’t find a way to melt them together.

Can’t form anything cohesive.

I’m all spitting and cursing today. Teeth grinding out of my head. Continue reading →

Poetry

Mimic

"Shadow" © Life Pilgrim, 2009. CC BY-NC 2.0.
Shadow” © Life Pilgrim, 2009. CC BY-NC 2.0.
We learned how to treat ourselves by watching
the way other people treat us.

They learned it the same way.

How to tie our shoes, kiss, drive, and
throw back a shot of cheap whiskey
taught the same as
our own worth and how to tend to wounds.

Unconscious mimicry.

A family recipe
passed down for generations
and shared between good friends. Continue reading →