Rarasaur

LATEST ARTICLES ( 912 )

• the Sacrificial Post

  

  I can't seem to think of this year as a linear measurement. It doesn't seem to stretch on, or up. It hasn't crawled forward or skipped ahead, or moved in any... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let’s Get Spicy

  November is just around the corner, and while many of our writer friends will be participating in NaNoWriMo (congrats, y'all, and good luck!) - some of us will... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• to Be Serious

  It's one of those mornings where everything sounds like poetry. The kind where the words are as big as love itself and they balance on tiny feet. Tiny feet... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Made Fresh

  If a slice of cake is fluffy, a nymph blew kisses in it. If a cherry pie looks sunburned, you prolly forgot to skin it. If the jello jiggles in your mouth,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Made Fresh

  If a slice of cake is fluffy, a nymph blew kisses in it. If a cherry pie looks sunburned, you prolly forgot to skin it. If the jello jiggles in your mouth,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sweep Them

  

  Today, I had an unplanned trip to the Museum of Ice Cream. I've wanted to go for awhile but tickets are hard to come by. A friend was kind enough to bring me... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Like Family

  I'm typing this post on my phone because I'm eating an ice cream sandwich. That's it. That's the only dessert reference for this post. You'll have to accep... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blind Fear

  I write a lot about Love, about Justice, about Intuition- about all the essential things that see without seeing. I think a lot about blind spots, about the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Purse Shopping

  The bag I want is strong enough to hold the toddler who wants to ride in Aunty Rara"s magic purse. The bag I want hangs on my shoulders, trusting that shoulder... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cookie Smuggler

  Often my own writing bores me, but that's to be expected when my own thoughts bore me, too. The problem is not the glitchy syntax, or the clickety-clacked... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• (i)nnocent

  They said she was in for murder, but no one ever said it like they believed it. No one. Not the chaplain, not the correctional officers, not the girls. They sai... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• (h)ummus is the Only Perk

  

  Or, "An Overly-Accurate Dating Profile" I make my own hummus. I have about five go-to variations. It's not that I love hummus. In truth, I'd prefer salsa and... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• (f)reezing

  

  I run cold. I blame my roots. I blame the peppers in my bloodstream, the curry in my cells. I blame the Alamo, where I learned to breathe deep, where I learned... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• (d)iluted

  In my mind, I have an idea of who I am- a version of myself who could play a regular character in a TV show. Sitcom Ra is consistent. She's concentrate. 100%... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• (a)rigato, Mr.roboto

  There are city mice and country mice, and anyone who has ever met one of each knows there's no confusing them. I wonder if there's country minds and city minds... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What i Want

  

  A few boring years, a few less tears. To care for another heart. Half the lonely nights, Twice the hopeful lights. An obvious place to start. One pill to erase... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quasipolitica

  

  I wasn't going to post this anywhere, but I didn't want to lose it. It is, obviously, a very long read and it applies to almost no one who regularly reads... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blatlas

  People will write poems on you. At least... they could. Or might. People can read right through you, and the poems you write. People may just notice when you... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• 1s and 0s, Life and Death

  

  I've had a lot of thoughts on life and death lately. My little sister, The Durgle, give birth to a tiny baby at the start of this year. The Little Lion is a... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bless You

  I don't remember learning how to love, originally. I only remember the origins of little love-habits. I remember holding onto my stuffed elephant, tucked safel... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION