Hands grip a bar, a dumbbell, or handle and an individual pushes, pulls, breathes, grunts, and finally Pump! The heart responds to the stress of isolation exercises inflating the desired region with fresh oxygenated blood ballooning muscles twice their normal size. The mirror confirms this feat, for it is real I see. A sense of …
Approaching two of my usual clerks on the way to checkout I responded ‘terrible’ when asked how I was and asked them to pick me up. “The same,” was both women’s response but instead of disappointment a jolt hit us both and the smile with volume was turned up, ironic. I’m aware they don’t have …
Waking up to a text from my best friend, “it’s going to be a great day” and me motherfucking it in my head as the body was not in agreement; the mind followed and I had to remind myself change your thoughts! Everyday has been a struggle over the last couple weeks. It all started …
Located in the heart of bustling Euclid Ave. squeezed between the fire and police departments, an oasis for the ages must be put out to sea. Thousands of gallons of water leak away like the repair money on a gem born 1965 and the city must administer a death sentence humanely. The cost is logical …
Craving more than my average Netflix search could provide, I asked You Tube for inspirational stories. I was presented with the ‘watermelon’ lesson, Tony Robins, and Dr. Joe Dispenza for 45 minutes. It still shocks me when I hear the lessons repeated and I am reminded like a slap in the face that stings. Thinking …
2022 NFL kickoff is 11 days away (for Browns, 8 technically, TNF) and amongst all the story lines one intrigues not just the North Coast but also the Mid-Atlantic, and nation; with the showdown between the visiting Cleveland Browns and former Browns starter, Baker Mayfield, placed at the con for the Carolina Panthers at Bank …
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same In 72 hours a 20 year imperialist US experiment, an Afghanistan democratic government, began folding and all were drawing dead. President Biden is receiving the heat while images of the Kabul International Airport are seared into phones of the public; jarring up memories and emotions …
The holiday weekend brought me to Devil’s Backbone Brewery and Distillery in Roseland, Virginia, nestled in the foothills of Appalachia between Lynchburg and Charlottesville on a rainy 50 degree fall feeling day. The 4 hour ride up 29N through the storm and the 5mph speed necessary to handle climbing up and down the switchbacks was …
The last hours, minutes, seconds, sneezes, coughs, cries, and the uncertainty that is 2020 will be vanishing at the stroke of midnight, rushing in 2021 like the high tide under a full moon. Fireworks, champagne, kazoos, and kisses will signal humanities optimistic outlook on a clean slate. Resolutions are expected to take precedence in our …
556,628 days ago, circling the sun 1,524 times, in the rich black volcanic soil that is Italy, The Feast of Saint Valentine was established by Pope Gelasius on February 14th in honor of Saint Valentine, who ministered Christians in the face of the Roman Empire and married Christian soldiers, which was forbidden. The legend goes …