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Finally

LesApr 10, 20243 min read

Sunday afternoon is when it happened. I have tried for years to make Dominican coffee. Each time I go to my friend Travis’s place, I secretly hope he’ll have some made. And then I go home and try to replicate it. But it never tastes right. For a while, I tried it with drip coffeeRead More

Blessed are the Children

LesApr 3, 20243 min read

I noticed it right away, but it didn’t dawn on me until later. I noticed it when I was giving her a back massage. I felt it in the muscle that ran from her neck down to her shoulders. I…

Belonging

LesApr 1, 20243 min read

I recently realized I had joined a club. Not that there was any grand inauguration or anything. Seems like it happened sort of quiet like. I had suspicions I was soon to be inducted, but I knew my credentials were…

Dreamin’

LesMar 21, 20247 min read

‘You can’t laugh if you haven’t already laughed.’ ‘You can’t drive if you haven’t already driven.’ ‘You can’t cry if you haven’t already cried.’ So said one of the characters in my dream early this morning. At first glance, those…

93 Percent

LesMar 14, 20244 min read

They say we gather 93% of anything communicated to us through facial expressions. The other 7% is gathered from what we hear them saying with their voice. I admit, I was flabbergasted when I heard this. Yes, I heard it;…