Mental Health
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CHAOS.
I’m reviewing my memory disks,I mean our history going backtraveling way backbefore 1948, before my time is full ofCHAOS. Colonialism.Imperialism.Theft.Slavery.Genocide.Exploitationby the color of your skinby the skin of your colorCHAOS. I remember our historysince 1948that cray cray toothe cray cray… Continue reading
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Did You Hear the One About…
The assignment from Memoir I, UCLA Extension online: “Write a stand-up comedy monologue to turn it into a part of your memoir. Don’t make it evident to your reader that you are doing a stand-up routine- tell a story as… Continue reading
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Simple
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” –Dr. Seuss. Oh, it’s that time of the year again when everyone reminisces about their life, their year, their family and friends while celebrating… Continue reading
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What I Learned from my Recent Birthday Weekend
I recently celebrated my seventy-sixth birthday (76) by heading down and back up the coast to and from San Diego. It was two brief days, but I came home with some wonderful lessons. Often, doing nothing is good for the… Continue reading
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76
Sunday, December 8, 2024, the age meter will advance one more year to 76. Yay, I made it. “He who hesitates is a damned fool.” ― Mae West I don’t know why I keep trying to hide the fact that I… Continue reading
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A Distraction at 57th and Fifth Avenue
Encore: The following is an updated narrative poem from Medium Joe Vega is a lost young man who cannot find his memory, the light in his eyes, or the sounds of his past. There is no way back and no… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the last products of free writing exercises I like to call “Exercising those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theater 389 Playwriting class this Fall 2023 semester. We were given various prompts and then… Continue reading
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Becoming 75: Part Three 1999-2023
On December 8, 2023, I will become 75 years (despite every effort in my life not to make that happen). I’m not going to lie. The last twenty-five years were probably crazier than the fifty years before them. Aside from… Continue reading