Rarasaur

LATEST ARTICLES ( 912 )

• Your Words Here?

  The last two weeks of January are busy times for me. To keep the energy up and the posting consistent, I usually open up my space to guest bloggers. This... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Back It up

  

  Just a friendly reminder, friends, we're coming on the end of the year- and if you live on the Internet at all- back it up, back it all up. You can download you... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sometimes i Write

  Sometimes I write and the stories I tell are so real that I relive them. Sometimes I write and the words I scribe are too big to even read them. Sometimes I... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 50 Happy Thanks

  I am thankful for Dave and the decade I was able to spend, tucked safely in his heart. I am thankful for dinosaur suits. ____ ____ I am thankful to have a... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sharpening My Pencils

  If we were having coffee, you might ask- What can I do to help? I think that's a normal response from a kind heart when faced with another person in need.... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Freedom Drip

  Every minute of freedom is a sweet, slow-drip of syrupy goodness pouring through my veins. When I drove away from the prison, I felt the puncture. The gates ha... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Language Tips from Toons

  

  Learning a new language can be tough, and learning how to get comfortable using that language is even harder! After you learn how to properly pluralize toilet... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Peopling and Planning

  

  I've been posting every other day to my "How to People" section. They're set as pages so you won't get emailed notifications, but feel free to check in... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• ❤melt : What If We Fly?

  

  In December of 2010, I found a suspicious freckle on the skin of my universe. It was misshapen like a broken heart; growing, like the labyrinth of depression... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• a Selfie a Day

  This has been a time of loss for me. Some losses are obvious, some are simple casualties of hardship. Loss of self, for instance, goes hand in hand with loss... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 100 / Thud

  The wild waves of your story crashed against mine. In a drop, I saw your depth, and tasted the tangled purity of hope, salted by pain. Beyond your sound, I hear... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Go Ahead, Clap Your Hands.

  

  I finally held Dave's death certificate on Monday night. It shouldn't have been a shock, but it was. I flinched. I cried. It reminded me of the game my... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “how to People” Disclaimer

  

  I've been staring at a blank screen for about 15 minutes now, watching the cursor blink. To me, this is blogging. The bones of it. Oh, there are other aspects.... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Happened There?

  Life happened. I ran so fast I left bits of skin and blood behind on a four lane freeway in Seattle. I bled into a bus in Jersey, but the bus driver had a Gree... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Happened There?

  Life happened. I ran so fast I left bits of skin and blood behind on a four lane freeway in Seattle. I bled into a bus in Jersey, but the bus driver had a Gree... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• So the Duck Says…

  

  This has been a month of wins and losses. It's not the end of the month yet, but I figured it was time to lay them all bare. Let's start with the moments I... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life, Art

  

  He paints with slow, deep, dark strokes reflecting his disposition. Hovering over his work of priceless art. Brushing in its life. His work has rhythm. A slow,... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poem Or Prose

  

  It's good for all, and good for me- this mingling of prose and poetry. It clangs the muse's golden bell (Listen closely, it rings for thee!) A prose of trees,... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unlocked: Bleeding Gratitude

  Originally written 11/8/2014 from CCWF, the Central California Women's Facility, and posted by Dave in December- then turned into a draft after, well. After. ... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Know Things.

  

  My teardrops don't fall like rain. They blow away, swimming through the wind like wishes made on dandelion fluff. They float away, following their own pathway,... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION