I really appreciate the great feedback, Krisz! I'll have to get working on sprucing up the site. I haven't had a bespoke poem commission in years since Google changed their search ranking. My site used

Thank you! It was a wonderful trip!

Thank you! I'm sorry about your Mom. It's tough as they get older. You just wish you could, somehow, slow down time. I miss my Dad in the same way. I feel his presence around, he's definitely always with

It's a true circus! The media doesn't help matters either by making things up and trying to ramp up the discord. A full page! That many parties would require a ton of research. Thank you Lizelle! It was

I agree. The best thing to do is to spend time with those we love. Thanks!

That is so true! Airline rewards miles are a wonderful thing. We have a credit card that rewards in Delta Skymiles and we earn miles for trips as well. Thank you my friend. It was a wonderful trip!

My pleasure.

Thank you!

Oh yes, I think the entire world is a crazy mess right now! I think we're in the beginning stages of an enormous transition. It's feeling a lot like the topsy-turvy adolescent phase of our entire species.

Thank you my friend! Cleveland has a lot to offer, I hope you enjoy it! The Christmas Story house and museum is there. What a mess. I see the markets have recovered a bit from yesterday's fallout. One

Hello! I would suggest serializing it here on Hive as well as making it available as an ebook on a platform like Amazon. This is very easy to do now and costs virtually nothing. In my experience, in the

I feel like we have no walls when we're young but we learn to do it as a defense mechanism as we get older. If we're lucky we come full-circle and dismantle the walls we've built and learn to live again

Thank you Ruth! Poetry doesn't get as much love on Hive as it used to, it's good to know there are people who still appreciate it.

I appreciate it and am glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Jay!

When I saw the post title I thought you were confessing to something! Lol. I immediately thought about the Netflix series, Ozark.

Me too! : )

It's in exactly two weeks. : )

I was fifteen and the girl, Toni, was from another part of town but babysat for an aunt who lived in our neighborhood. I had just swapped my thick glasses for contacts at the beginning of that summer (1986)

Thanks, but it's okay. I'm sorry about your Dad's brain injury!