It is 1h00 am and I cannot sleep. I hear our neighbors' murmurs from my bedroom window. I know they sit around their campfire. They've kept it going since early afternoon. Aromas of charred meat and burning

She sits alone, away from the window. She is a regular customer yet I almost don't recognize her. There is something different about her. She is gloomy, retreated in her own space, alone. She flips through

It is Father's Day. A day when I pause to think of him and what he means in my life. It hasn't always been easy to love him and be loved by him. When I was a tempestuous teenager, he wrote me a letter

Sunsets I look for them. I anticipate their arrival on sunny days. When I see one, I pause. When driving, I pull to the side when I can, park and wait. When walking, I stop in my steps to stand in awe

I arrived at Barnes & Noble hungry. After leisurely browsing the aisles for a time, I made my way towards the Starbuck's counter at the west end of the bookstore, ordered a tall cup of English Breakfast

It happened on a morning that promised to be another long, harduous day. The deadlines I was facing that week were enough to make me feel cramped and tight in the chest. It was only 6:30 am and already

Hey Steemers! So excited to be here!! I've been looking for a blogging platform for a while. When my father told me about Steemit, I knew this one was the one. I have a lot to learn, both about blogging