#OTR50 Day 85: Snoring Puppies

June 3, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

When I win the lottery | I will puppy pile the day away | I will open my home and rescue rescue rescue […]

#OTR50 Day 84: I am the Mountain

June 2, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I was the mountain I had to move | And now I am moving | […] If I move my mountain without direction, I may circle in place […]

#OTR50 Day 83: To Sock or Not to Sock

June 1, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

My Socks Don’t Match Every so often, I wear my favorite mismatched socks. Every so often, someone tells me how awesome they are. Sometimes they are hidden like the parts of me that are invisible to the world. Then, no one says anything. Even when no one notices . . . I know. I am […]

#OTR50 Day 82: Good Omens & Writing Wishes

May 31, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Four more episodes to go. Even though I know how the story will unfold, I’m looking forward to indulging in each episode with laughter and mirth. Most importantly, I have decided I have a new #writerslife dream. […]

#OTR50 Day 81: Half the Resistance

May 30, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I use the slow morning of a vacation day to prep myself, to convince myself. To try and be better than I was the day before, and the day before that, and again and again the day before so many times over […]

#OTR50 Day 80: Beautiful Mayhem

May 29, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I tried to take a photo of the dog today, but every angle included my messy lived-in house […]

#OTR50 Day 79: Survived by . . .

May 28, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Survived by . . . I read about you In the news today The story of your life The people that you left behind I never knew you You knew people I know You were loved and you loved People that I know You were a parent a sibling a spouse a friend When I […]

#OTR50 Day 78: Bring Us Back to Us

May 27, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I watched a movie on one of my several flights these last two week. I was enjoying the somewhat uplifting love story. Then the vibrations of the large engines and significant exhaustion took over lulling me to sleep. I awoke to landing and didn’t get to finish the film. The portion of the story I […]

#OTR50 Day 77: Love Your Tribe

May 26, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I received news today from my circle of people that has left me extremely saddened. Life is a search for meaning. Moments strung together into stories. We are all stories in the end. We try to make then stories with meaning. With love. With family and friends. Meaning. Tonight was a reminder that life can […]

#OTR50 Day 76: Home

May 25, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I am thrilled to be heading home! This has been perhaps the longest back to back travel stint in my 12 years with this job. I write this from the Montreal Trudeau Airport awaiting my flight. I’m worn out from many long days and not a great deal of sleep, but I am also energized […]