Inside – What if…

In Search of Belief

There is a tenderness just there, just under my bones, in the place of heart and meaning, layered with pain, memories, and tears. Can you tell? There is a yearning for understanding. For deep understanding. I want to believe in a god, In The God, in any god. I don’t. I […]

by Ellen S.

Praying by Mary Oliver

a silence in which
another voice may speak.

by Ellen S.

Prompts: There was once a…

I was given the prompt “There was once a…” and it prompted this while I was walking my dog, Henry. And, I could not get the lyrics out of my head. I found them so sweet and comforting so I wanted to share. The link is to a YouTube of the song. The Beatles […]

by Ellen S.

Hearts that Ache

Hearts do ache, that is part of their job, besides love, besides expand, besides contract, besides ache.

by Ellen S.

Boomerangs and Geraniums, A Retrospective: A Jumble of an Ode to a Divorce

like a boomerang spun out into the sky, with unbalanced aerodynamic force, winds its way back to hit the very place it was thrown from, hitting us smack in our righteousness.

by Ellen S.

I Am Not Who I Think I Am… I Am Not Who You Think I Am

my partner is my dog and I live in a room in a house with a family I met through an Airbnb rental. And, I am mostly happy!

Anger and fear are drivers that often seem drunk. They lead us down conversations we might wish we had rather not had.

by Ellen S.

Exploring the discomfort of Life…More of That

“Alice laughed, “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”