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Small Feelings in a Big World.

I don't intend for everything I write here to be emotionally intense. I generally do and feel all things with the intensity of a star...

Whole/Hole.

Another late night of failing at sleeping. I don't know why brains do this to us. Are they such petty and jealous hos that because we...

Your Music Saved Me: Lifelines.

I have always had a healthy love of instruments. If we're being honest, some might say obsession. I've played piano since I was a kid,...

Lucky Ducks.

Late the other night, I decided to take my small girl for a night light drive. We cruised downtown, then by the houses that have decided...

CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)

You know why this is a Halloween season movie? Candy. So much candy there's a chocolate river. 5 Kids accompanied by parents get to trick...

THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973)

I've mentioned it a few times in my articles for Neon Splatter. I grew up on movies primarily from before the 1960s because my...

The Spirit of Halloween.

As we are less than two weeks away from Halloween. Even though I planned ahead and promised my soul away that I wouldn't be derailed by...

10 years from now.

There's this mental health exercise people suggest where you're supposed to write where you want to be in ten years. It's supposed to...

"Stick Your Glove Out"

THE SANDLOT is a perfect movie. It's one of my favorites. There's a scene that I think about a lot. Benny the Jet: You can do it...Stick...

Apollo 13 Calling Major Tom

"Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in a...

List Intimacy

I write a lot of lists in a day. My brain is like one of those popcorn makers where the popcorn is flowing out, because it is so full....

The Joyful Skill.

When I committed to creating more and building my website again, I took some time to look at what I already had and take note of...

Skinnamarink a dinky dink

Do you remember "The Elephant Show"? I remember it so well that I can sing the entire song and do the hand motions all without...

There's a Woman on the Hill...

The last two weeks have felt like one melty swirl of depression, COVID illness, grief, and weathering actual weather. My days and nights...

Summer Lovin'

A lot of life transitions, working through through mental, physical, and personal life stuff, and focusing on one thing at a time. I...

Disillusionhood of the Traveling Pants.

When I was 18, my parents sent me to live with my Okinawan family to rescue my mental health and give me a safe space to heal. I had been...

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