Yes, yes, I've seen @boxcarblue and his magical SEVEN posts. I was too lazy to go look up his name. Thank you! :) You are not 'but an imitator' - you are the real deal! You are in his league!!!!

Oh, thank you for this!!! My DNA, and too many days of my childhood, reek of chronic complainers. Energy vampires. Never counting their blessings, never praising anyone for a job well done. Thankless,

I'm still reeling at the idea of you only age 25 yet you published a book of short stories (I have it in my Kindle still even though I no longer remember the author name!). Your friend has strong opinions

That final line, of something or other I am drawing a blank LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ohhh I love these haikus!! Truly you are THE MASTER These are all worthy of their own past. Isn't there a Seven Haikus in One Post thing...? You're the best!!!!

You in your yellow socks! I love it. Thanks for reading and engaging in this.

You're welcome! We all have a long, long list of #mustReads. You are great at helping us prioritize. :)

But in the same week, a 13-year-old boy died from a sledding accident. His twin sister and his parents burying him in the January snow... He was also active at home, planting fruit trees with his grandfather,

It's mystifying - who lives healthy yet dies young, and who smokes, drinks, drives without a seatbelt, and lives on and on and on. It's not about merit or purpose. So often, the first to die seem to be

Thanks - and I'll add Shriver to my reading list! Three sisters down, then our dad. So, I escape via fiction, and alternate realities sound great. Oh those "what-if" moments. I have to stop going

God bless your mother, @myjob, and I share your wish to have her with you still. She must have been accurate in interpreting your dreams. I used to remember mine in vivid detail, and I'm glad now that

Your gift for haiku never ceases to amaze me! Have fun with your posse. :) I'm glad you don't have to spend most of your time ALONE -- having spent so much of it as caregiver to someone bed-ridden, is

Oh, you live up to it, my exulted image of you - you really do! (I have this unshakable conviction that Niko is nodding in agreement) How kind of of you to offer to send this herb for grief. My niece happened

Awww thank you! I LOVE YOU

I used to trust doctors and hospitals. No more! Now I'm trying to learn herbal remedies, as it's so hard to find a naturopath or a witch doctor. In my grandma's day, there was an old woman in town, a

Ooh I love this "rant" - so many many tangents to pick up. I'll start with an "ooh I need to read this" - Lionel Shriver 's The Movement of the Body Through Space ("....an older

I'm glad you see that - she is an amazing person - she just doesn't BELIEVE it yet!

Eep! Instead of going off to declutter, I called up another chant. Because, anxiety attacks, and people seeking tranquility. And because EVIL - Call it what you will - @owasco mentions the dark forces

There may be some truth to that. Happify Your Life by Laura LaBrie This author went into third-world countries aiming to lift them out of their poverty, only to find hers was the impoverished life, and

@perceptualflaws I'd be happy to beta-read anything you care to share. I'm a backslider of a writer. It's gone beyond "I write but do not share" - I simply DO NOT WRITE - only in fragments here