You don't always stay for long. 

It's just a drive-by, an idle hunt for a new hobby, or an old one set to lie. Window shopping fresh ways out, tangled strings leading back to the mouth of the cave. Knots are just a new checkpoint. You're supposed to move forward, after...

There’s something about January that throws me off. Something that gets shed as the years change hands that leaks into my rhythm, my flow of progress and routine. 
Perhaps it stems from not working, and yet not Going Somewhere, for the longest hour of time each year. More time...

You don't get it right the first time.

So quit!

Quit that first attempt and try it again.

Or something new!

Try a new strategy and really think about what result you're trying to get.

If you miss it, you failed!

Failing is the best step forward, continually refining your focus and your mindset toward a...

"Well of course you did. I don't think anyone here has ever seen a parka. You packed like a Soviet defector."
"Hell of a view, though. And that sun. No wonder you're killing it down here, all of your clients couldn't dream of a depressing thought."
"Romance is...

"It's perfect. We'll ship it out first light tomorrow. Your payment will be in the mail by noon."

"Excellent. My client will be pleased to hear."

"Professionalism without the price point, that's our motto. Meanwhile, you have quite the reputation growing for yourself."
"I'd call it sterling, if I'm being modest."

"I...

I'm envious of those who can scrapbook. Being able to evoke the core sentiment, the hearth of the memory, encapsulated within a memento the size of which can be placed into a book.

I say "can" scrapbook because I know I have not the patience, nor the sentimentality of objects &...

Give me my spoils and let me be. I've done enough good today.

Turn on the television and hand me a beer. No, you'll pick the wrong one. I will do it.

I will do it all.

Tomorrow.

 "From our findings, we determined that you are no longer a match for our program. As such, your participation in this study will be terminated as of one minute ago. You have fourteen additional minutes to collect your belongings and remove yourself from this facility."
I blinked. That glowing red eye...

"Currently on headache duty. Don't get jealous."
I took a bit of a baguette and withdrew back to my room.
Closing the door, my sinuses knew they were free again to reclaim my attention. They put on quite a show, one their audience had no hope of leaving...

I've noticed from your recent audio clips
You've had a narrative about you Let it rise like a dough The best way to do it is to accept ahead of time that no single line is sacred
And that editing is done with a bloody knife
Don't hold your pen in wait for...