Rarasaur

LATEST ARTICLES ( 912 )

• Anthologies

  

  2020 was the year I let go of my fear of anthologies. I don't know what shifted it exactly. I used to a feel a panic at the idea of submitting my work to sit... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some People’s Mornings

  Sometimes I wonder if anyone who really loves the quiet of morning has ever stayed awake through the night. Or if we just have different quiets, different... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy

  My little girl is 2 and whenever she's happy she will just shout out 'HAPPY', there is nothing purer in this world than when she's just sitting playing with toy... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fragments

  I've been a bad communicator lately. I only initiated a real conversation maybe once or twice in a month where I wrote almost 3 hours worth of reading. For... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Glide & Strike

  

  The month of November happened in a flash of a feather. These thirty days always soar by like a bird in flight, in want of nest, but in need of push. Thirty day... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hush Lil Freeway

  Your eyes are weary, little city, hospital beds so heavy. Shutter. Shutter brief. There is no need for a long sleep. Your smooth freeways will not wrinkle befor... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Prime Directives

  

  This post is based on one that Steven posted about a week ago, titled the same. As he says in his post, which you should definitely read because it's funny and... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lilliputian Logs

  

  When I can’t quite build a thought out into something solid enough for this blog, I will often post it to Instagram with the tag #LilliputianLog. The last... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 5 November Joys

  Mobility. Today I cooked and hosted a Thanksgiving meal, which would have been impossible on many different levels anytime over the last couple years. Mobility... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Feast

  Nearly everything in my kitchen is designed for single meals. This is the result of my slow efforts over the last few years. I have a half dozen tablespoon... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 100 / Watching

  

  When I was little, Mamasaur would cry at commercials. Though it didn't make a lick of sense to me then, now I flood with tears even during the finale of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Journal 11.23

  Yellow flowers from Diwali are still bright in their vases and I wonder if I should press them for Thanksgiving, preserve this moment, but who am I to say how... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Endangered

  

  Once there was a panda, and he was attacked by a leopard. A much beloved shepherdess came to his aid, and though he survived, she did not. The pandas came to he... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Buttered

  

  I like to grate the frozen butter more than I like to eat the biscuits, more than I like doing most things. I like the butter most in states of least resistance... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• NanoPoblano

  I started my blog in 2012. Right before my first November blogging, I learned about all kinds of challenges that writers and bloggers participate in during... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ama / I’m Bored Let’s Invent Something

  I received a handful of questions so I thought I’d answer one of those today. I have temporarily titled this series AMA (Ask me anything) but that’ll switch... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Watch Me

  

  A picture of Ra Avis, holding a book by Richard Scarry called "What do People Do all day?". She is sitting on the floor with toy dinosaurs around. Over the... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sittin’ with It

  

  There's this thing people say sometimes when I write about my brain recovery that hops around my mind these days. They say it has given them context for people... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go Lay Down

  I spent the morning with doctors and the rest of the day slithering across my hardwood floor like a - well, to call my slithering snake-like would be a... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Roommate

  

  My roommate has interrupted the writing of this post three times already and I've only been writing for ten minutes. Every time he interrupts, I start a new pos... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2020 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION