F. Scott Fitzgerald said:
“YOU DON’T WRITE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU WRITE BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.”
Thanks for stopping by. You have stumbled upon a website that is filled with the writings and stream of consciousness of a 21st century Gen-X mother who is trying to raise her children in a society that has been built on technology, superficiality, false realities, and gaslighting. A far cry from my own upbringing in the 70’s and 80’s when people were a little kinder to one another and times were inherently simpler and more authentic.
While I write every day, I don’t make a habit of posting stories or essays with a high-level of frequency. This is, for the most part, purposeful because joining the fray and chaos simply does not interest me. As a society we have normalized uncontrolled, flagrant hawking; oxygenating an uncomfortable amount of information that is too often long on opinions and speculation and short on truth, provable facts, and wisdom. Therefore, the best that I can do is practice the art of speaking, through my writing or otherwise, only when I have something to say, have done a fair amount of research, or I believe the subject to be of a more urgent nature. In other words, I am very careful about when and how I add my voice to those conversations.
Essays surrounding current topics and events can be found in the ‘Writer’s Nook,’ and the story of a girl called, Jenny, can be found in ‘Twisted Roots.’ Fact vs. fiction? Maybe. Although, as we see on a daily basis and in all walks of life, facts are usually at war with fiction while varying degrees of the truth, or none at all, lie somewhere in between.
I love a good quote, and I love history. I find myself in awe of how some quotes, and the infamous people who first spoke them, have the ability to transcend time evidencing that while society evolves and changes, generally speaking, people don’t.
Finally, to quote the prolific Charles Bukowski:
“IN MY WORK, AS A WRITER, I ONLY PHOTOGRAPH, IN WORDS, WHAT I SEE.”
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Happy reading-
-RM
