Rarasaur

LATEST ARTICLES ( 912 )

• She Be Leaves

  She still makes compromises with a dead man, but she thinks she might want to compromise with you. She thinks, and the thoughts in her mind affect the feel of... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Wild

  My heart is the most wild thing about me, it goes where it wants, when it wants, to who it wants, however it wants. It is a fey creature, unpredictable and... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 100 / Remembering Grandma

  I remember Grandma mostly for the arguments we never had. She was an immigrant widow who claimed things were better back where she started. I would angrily thin... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh Nothing

  I almost shut down my blog yesterday, on a whim. I logged in, pushed the new post button out of rote memory, and then paused. The blank screen is so familiar t... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tonight: Los Angeles and the Internet

  Tonight I'll be reading from Sack Nasty.at an Open Mic and Poetry Event in Culver City. I am featuring, which means they're giving me the stage for half an... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 4 Life Lessons from Firehouse 531

  

  Slow is Fast. Everyone wants everything done as quickly as possible. It's human nature. Be healed now. Be ready now. But if you let events spin you - if you... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life by Number

  If we were having coffee, I'd probably invite someone else along. That's the mood I'm in today, though that particular characteristic is my second worst... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Choose Your Own Coffee Adventure

  

  My family would keep calendars on the wall for months. There was always a reason. Dad liked the flowers on top of the April calendar. Mom wrote an important... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• #somethingist

  Years ago, Dave made me a 30-day-challenge because I said I needed one to get me interested in Instagram. Time went on and I fell into my happy over-use of... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Fault

  It's my fault. I walked under that open ladder. It's my fault. I broke that mirror in the 7th grade. I stepped on a crack in the sidewalk, I made the cracks... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chug, Chug, Chug.

  

  The time is now, and it is yours. Wake up and drink in dreams. The world is oh-so-full for you- Joy is bursting from the seams. We've been saving all the Storie... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Roots and Wings

  I left prison today, last year. I washed before leaving, taking the longest and hottest shower I had taken in what felt like years. The girls gave me space,... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Okay to Play.

  

  It's even okay to win. So go do that. Win a copy of Sack Nasty at GoodReads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30822141-sack-nasty Win a copy over from Book... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• a Funny Thing Happens

  

  I have too many worries to be blogging. They're weighing me down. I want to write about something happy, but a funny thing happens when I'm writing. I start... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• as Least It Revolved

  

  In 2014, I was selected for my second BlogHer Voices of the Year award nomination, but more importantly- my husband was nominated for his first! Of course, tha... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• You’re Not Tired.

  You're not tired, you're broken. Your ankles are twisted and your body is bruised. The wind is in your face, pushing you down, down, so far down this... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• #SackNasty

  

  Sack Nasty is a compilation of poetry about prison. Unlike this blog, the stories told here don't always fall sunny-side up. They are an outpouring of the uglie... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Emergency Link Party!

  Since my ThunderClap campaign is going out in a matter of hours, it occurs to me that we could have some visitors to Rarasaur blog soon. I've been running... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life Talk, Live Talk.

  

  If we were having coffee, I'd babble at you for 35 minutes straight. Oh wait, I did that already. But before coffee. Check it out on... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• i Believe in You.

  

  Dear Ellen, Do you know there are women in the world who think you've given up on them? They're incarcerated, and it's one of the things I learned when I was... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION