Don’t we want Hive to be the future of social media on the blockchain? Most of us here probably agree that cryptocurrency and Web3 are going to be part of the future landscape. That means that social media

Looking Back on April This is the last day of HiveBloPoMo. I have managed to write a post (or more) every day of April for HiveBloPoMo. I tried to publish at about the same time every day, but, because

“Pee in Your Pants” Asthma On May 3, 2022, it is World Asthma Day, so this seemed a timely anecdote to share: I have developed a very dry cough from asthma. Lately, this has seemed less bothersome than

This is my response to the freewrite prompt "listen to your heart." I took more like 15 minutes than 5 minutes, which, for some reason, I feel a compulsive need to say even though it's not like

This is a 5 minute freewrite using today's prompt, "sick babies." I modified it a little and did it in 10 minutes. In case people wonder what this is about, I explain after, which I normally

This is my freewrite for the prompt "blackout." This was supposed to be a 5 minute freewrite, but I went a bit overtime, as I often do. Since it is not a contest, I just let the muse take me

This is a cross post of This is an article about the hypnotic coma, which is not actually a coma, but a deep state of hypnosis called the Esdaile State. Photo Credit

The Esdaile State is NOT a Coma Even though it has been called "the hypnotic coma." A few days ago, I shared some initial thoughts about hypnosis. Today, I will discuss a very deep state of hypnosis

This is my response to the prompts listed in the weekend freewrite. Rather than follow the instructions exactly as written, I wrote for three minutes on each prompt and then tried to incorporate the next

This is my entry for this week's ZapFic50Friday contest. What is this? Find out all the details here. The Revelation Dr. Clark valued his patients' privacy, but this was an exceptional case. He left the

Thoughts About Hypnosis I have been fascinated by hypnosis for as long as I can remember. Most people have no idea what hypnosis is and is not. I think we can thank books and movies for all the misconceptions.

I just realized that my title could be taken in a very gruesome way, but you won't interpret it that way, right? I mean, as though actual eyeballs were... oh, nevermind. Onwards: How to Get More Eyes on

This is my first post in "The Ink Well." It is a short story in response to this week's prompt: "footprint." The instructions are here in case you also want to take part. The Unicorn

Leasing Hive Power I heard about dlease.io a long time ago. Well, I only joined Hive in September, but I heard about dlease fairly early on. There are two ways that you can use dlease. One is to take a

This is my (first) entry for the three weekend freewrite (courtesy of Marianne West) that has three prompts. I went back and edited it a bit so that it made some sense. If you want to participate or you

Source Book Review of The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (March 8, 2022) Like many of the books I enjoy, The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (published on March

Please Don't Rub my Belly for Luck Because guess who I am not? Sometimes, a situation simply calls for a change in perspective. For example, I used to be horribly offended by children in the supermarket

This is my entry for this week's ZapFic50Friday contest. What is this? Find out all the details here. The idea is to create a piece of microfiction in precisely 50 words - no more and no less. I like to

I often hear from people who are frustratingly single or in relationships they are not enjoying. So, in case you want random relationship advice from a stranger, here it is. You can take this or leave

Word Hazard Sometimes having a halfway decent vocabulary can be a hazard. I almost got in trouble at work one time as a result of a misunderstanding of a word that I thought was a well-known vocabulary