Tag: creative writing
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Daily prompt
What could you do less of? Waste time staring at social media. I do have to spend some time on the time draining apps, to, manage my writing/publishing empire, but I know for a fact I spend entirely too much time scrolling with an empty mind.
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The Problem With Not Studying History
You might forget that every revolution throughout the documented history of humankind started when a downtrodden and hopeless segment of the population grew to such a size and such a level of frustration and rage that they rose up and killed the elites. The peasants rose up against the nobility. The poor rose up against…
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not sure of the title yet, but it feels like a rant
To quote Jeff Daniel’s character from a scene often shared around the social media campfire, The Newsroom, “If being a liberal is so great, why do they lose elections so god damn always?” It’s a really good question. Those of us who consider ourselves to be “liberals” or “progressives” think of ourselves as being on the…
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Winter
That wonderful time of year when the weather turns chilly and my sweater collection comes out of the closet. Also the time of the year when I drive around in the first rains listening to my old and dried out windshield wipers skip across my windshield doing near nothing but create that nails on the…
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What if he wins?
Interesting thought experiment I had engaged in just prior to the election. I never wrote anything about because I do actually strive to remain apolitical. Turns out I didn’t have to write anything as Daniel Hunter already did. I found this article today on a newsletter I subscribe to to and highly recommend it to…
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#193
While some celebrate, others cry Relief for some means fear for others Another election decided on misunderstanding over fact and propaganda over truth Another dictator rises and another empire falls