Journal Entry 17 September 2022 It’s interesting that after so many years of working in commercial kitchens I now work in the home kitchen of a small group home; I’ve been there nearly 5 years. Though it is clean and orderly it is well stocked with equipment. Inversely, my teeny home kitchen, which is alsoContinue reading “Food for Thought”
Category Archives: Poetry
Poetry
Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation Warning: blatant religious talk ahead. If this is not your thing keep scrolling. And I am fully aware that when I post with overtly religious tones (opposed to simply. “spiritual”) some followers immediately jump ship, and that is okay. But I’m starting off topic. Let me begin again, which is really whatContinue reading “Lost in Translation”
Easter Sunday
Melancholia, Melancholia. I know that you’re there. As you always have been. Hidden. In plain sight. A dark secret. You make things flat. And gray. I see you. Acknowledge you. But won’t accept you. Ever-present, you try to hide. Or camouflage as someone else. Something else. Shrouded as light. Though you are darkness. Pretending toContinue reading “Easter Sunday”
24 March 2022
(Note: if you are here for the recipe it is at the bottom of this post) 24 March 2022 Thursday. 11:30am. Starbucks on Delaware. Sitting in the same seat I often did while studying for a BA a few years ago. It feels oddly satisfying. Returned from NYC yesterday via Amtrak. It felt good toContinue reading “24 March 2022”
Frozen Harbor
After work today there was still light in the sky so I rode to the waterfront. It wasn’t my intention but was drawn to it unmistakably. It was cold frigid, actually wind blew through me. Ice crunched scraping against itself and I shivered Seagulls flew and squealed with eyes set on patches of water desperateContinue reading “Frozen Harbor”
Art Saves Me
Some days I draw or sketch or scribble or even paint Some I keep often I don’t like poetry it is a release It helps me to remember who I am that I am alive Art saves me every single day
Joe George Online 