Martin Luther King Jr Day is observed on the third Monday of January each year, the day closest to his birthday on 15 January. This year, it was held on Monday 18 January. Today, my #100WordsOnSaturday post is about the evil of racism that continues to haunt our world, years after the Civil Rights movement […]
Creative Writing
The Wisdom To Know What To Fix
I think of the word ‘fix‘ and wonder how a three letter word can have so many connotations. Some good. Some bad. A word that can mean repair, can also mean despair when it applies to someone getting a fix. And then it can have several other meanings that imply bribery and corruption and trying […]
Trust The Empty Spaces
I’ve been experimenting with my writing these days. Trying to be brave. When I read the following lines from Umberto Eco, I was inspired to write about how I’m trying to trust the empty spaces. “And then I have a secret. Did you know what will happen if you eliminate the empty spaces from the […]
Taken
January is observed as National Human Trafficking Awareness month in the US. Today’s 100 words, Taken, focuses on that. Taken Taken. She was walking to the store, when a car stopped, the driver asking her for directions. The next minute she was lying tied at the back of the car.Now they were on a plane. […]
