is it possible to be too helpful?
Absolutely! Being too helpful, or giving unsolicited advice can become bad habits if one isn’t careful. I regularly practice NOT giving unsolicited advice because I HATE being on the receiving…
20 questions to cultivate awareness, gain clarity, and create change in yourself and your relationships with others
Do you have the same old arguments with your partner, family members and/or friends? Do you sometimes feel stuck or like a broken record? You can change that if you…
ups & downs
We all have em… ups & downs © 2019 punkie ups & downs i wonder at life’s ups and downs there seem to be a lot of things…
blow by blow
I’m kinda cranky with the universe these days cuz I’m not gittin what I want! I’ve tried being patient, but my patience is being tried: it’s been like this for…
please don’t
please don’t © 2019 punkie please don’t please don’t tell me how i should feel don’t look at me askance when i refuse to share your views…
cheated
Ever have one of those days, weeks, months, years or even lifetimes? Feel like fate is against you? Want to kick its ass? Me too. This poem is about that….
the awning
The first time it was clear to me that I was not part of my own family was the summer of 2005, six months after Bobby and I had…
find renewal in the wreckage
Losing your home is like having your heart ripped out. You feel lost, betrayed and battered. Suddenly robbed of everything familiar, you stand alone in the wasteland of what once…
you don’t have to be shot at to be brave
Staging a one-woman “demonstration” in London’s Trafalgar Square in July 2009 was not without hazards. Just as my short “protest” came to a close, three of the Heritage Wardens who…
note to self: do not argue with people whose purpose is to argue
I wrote this poem, and posted it on LinkedIn. Then a man who seems to enjoy responding to my posts with passive aggressive comments designed to provoke me did so, and I…