It is 8 days, 0 hours, and 7 minutes since I woke to the sound of Erin’s voice. “Mr. Lachmuth. Mr. Lachmuth!” “Can you hear me?” I didn’t want to open my eyes. This dream was freaking weird but at least I was asleep. The voice continue, “Mr. Lachmuth. I need you to talk to…
Just calming down from a crazy 12 hours in Emergency! My pain has become so bad that my family doc prescribed Morphine! Unfortunately, due to a miscommuication betwixt us, I thought I was on ‘regular’ Morphine. Not true! I was given “Sustained Relief” morphine. So, I took it like regular Morphine. BIG MISTAKE! I accidentaly…
In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus asked those of his followers who were with him to “keep on the watch with me”. However, while he was praying they fell asleep. Waking them he said, “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” I don’t know about you, but sometimes my ‘flesh’ seems awfully weak….
I recently read an article in the Globe and Mail on Twitter Stalking. While this article focuses mainly on the phenomenon of ex-lovers monitoring their former lover’s behavior via Twitter, the article — and concerns raised by a young female client — prompts me to talk about the importance of protecting your Internet Privacy, Security,…
Unemployment Soars! Another Canadian Soldier Dies In Afganistan! 7-Year Old Girl Sexually Assaulted! Crud, I so love listening to the news on my radio — NOT! It’s not like I wasn’t already feeling mucho stressed — which I KNOW because my Fibro pain has returned … and with a vengance! So, on my walk this…
I am in a dark, dreary, place soaking in melancholy. And, I LOVE it! The part of my brain that has an ounce of intellect left recognizes this “feeling”. My old FAMILIAR: the “dark side” of my Muse. In her ground breaking work, “Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and The Artistic Temperament“, author and manic-depressive,…
This poem is especially for Howard P. COURAGE Cowards are we all, Who easy choices make. Fear whispers In every ear, Few choose not, To heed. Seldom to us Is given Greatness. Yet, It is not The Grand Acts That make us Great. Rather, Small choices, Carved out of despair; Forged in pain: Choosing life’s…
1st the Back Story… My mother, actually step-mom who raised me from the age of 6, had a ‘substantial’ heart attack March 10th. At first we, the family, thought she had skated through with little damage. However, as time passed and information trickled in from her care givers — an immensely frustrating aspect of our…
What’s the line? There’d be nothing worse than to die ‘with your music inside you.’ I believe each of us has something important to say. And, I know that many of you are still yearning to write THE BOOK. You know the one. The one that’s going to catapult you and your business to fame!…
Please join me for the 3rd season of… The Genre Busters Podcast! I’ll be featuring the Usual Suspects: writers, artists, authors, photographers, and other Eclectic professionals. My first guest will be the very lovely Shannon Cherry of Be Heard Solutions. Shannon is a PR Guru, Mompreneur, Blogger, and the mother to a set of loverly…