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United As One
It has become painfully obvious that we are a country divided on many issues with politics seemingly being one of the most obvious. We all have an opinion about our elected officials, our President, Congressmen and even locally appointed officials, but our passionate and otherwise healthy debatable opinions have evolved into bickering, ridicule and hatred,…
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Tips for Maximum Energy Efficiency
I once lived in an earth berm home that my husband and I built in North Carolina years ago which, naturally, was sustainable and very energy efficient. Constructed of steel and sprayed on concrete, or Quickrete, the dome-shaped house was insulated with thin, foam panels and the concrete waterproofed on the outside with a bituthene…
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We All Need the Rejection Letter
Rejection. It can seem like the worst thing in the world, whether by one’s crush, a friend or boss or by someone who could hold the key to our success in his hands. Most writers worth their salt know it well, the sinking feeling of reading that standard rejection letter from a publisher or literary…
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How The Fight Began…
Ladies, if you are like me, I’m about to sing your psalm when it comes to your husband and children. Yes, we love them dearly, adore them to pieces and yada yada yada but, when it comes to chores around the house, why is it that they always seem to get temporary blindness? I’m not…
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Complaints of the Open Road
We’ve all been through it, driving calmly down the highway with out music on, minding our business until one of those bad drivers strike. Yep, the one who makes even the calmest of the calm lose his temper and begin spouting off profanity-laced questions through the windshield. “What the **** are you doing?”, “Get the…
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Summer Dream
It had always been our dream to live on the water and, when we first saw that 40 foot Owens, we knew that we had found our new summer home. She was magnificent with her teak floors and finely polished helm beneath the white canopy. Below deck, a spacious galley accommodated two bedrooms and two…
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Carrying My Weight
I remember how intimidated I was when I first walked into the gym a year ago. It was an undersized space, crammed with equipment, and I couldn’t help the awkward feeling of everyone’s eyes on me. I’m an average woman of 170 pounds, not necessarily overweight but certainly in need of some toning up, at…
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A Little Birdie Told Me
I didn’t have my father growing up, not my biological one anyway. My mother explained to me, at a very young age, that the two of them had married young and I was a bit of a surprise to them, one that he just wasn’t quite ready for, so he had elected to walk away…
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A Lesson In The Fall
Hues of orange and gold layer the floor beneath me, Members of the multitude of pastel trees, Floating ever so slowly down upon me, Dancing freely in the scented breeze. An everchanging kaleidoscope of color engulfs my eyes, My face kissed by sun-warmed air, A cloudless blue Heaven smiles upon me, The fingers of…
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Sea of Anger
I wrote this long ago… Sea of Anger Salt-scented breezes caress my skin beneath a blanket of blue As we glide across a rippling glass; My reflection dances in the liquid mirror As if to entertain my soul. An ebony sky intrudes, replacing a fallen sun, Fury will join in the night; Roaring rumbles…
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Resolutions
Today, I noticed some new faces in the gym, a few getting an early start on their New Year’s resolution to get fit. The start of a new year always seems to bring a flood of exercisers in for the same reason, some of whom will stay and many who will fade out by spring. …
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The Beautiful Side of Autism
Those of you who know me know that I have a stepdaughter with autism. It feels a little strange even calling her my stepdaughter because I have been in her life for nearly 15 years, since she was just eight years old. I have known her mother even longer (we were high school friends), and…
Author Jodi Clark 