silence the prisoner |
Junkyard that houses sadness, anger, and self loathing
As a young woman, I had devoured novels. In flight from my own life's ugly reality, I found in the characters a ceaselessly metamorphosing...
Posted by Monique on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:00:00 PST |
In Sight of Death |
In sight of Death
(My Mother)
A few days before my mother's death, whose illness was beginning to take over her organs, I felt the rush of all the ocean of ache pouring forth. The great machines of g...
Posted by Monique on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:28:00 PST |
Nine - Eleven |
There will always be certain incidents that would be embedded in our minds forever. One of them is:
9/11
Seven years ago, the veils were removed away from our eyes. The effect was elec...
Posted by Monique on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:17:00 PST |
Why I Write |
On Writing
In the solitude of my most private act, I write.
I find a power in writing, an energy that is both organic and capricious, and one that captures feeling and asks to be put into wor...
Posted by Monique on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:35:00 PST |
To All My Friends |
To My Friends
I believe that human endurance equals just a tiny fraction of what it should be, given everything it must put up with and there's no plausible theory of how anyone gets th...
Posted by Monique on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:58:00 PST |
A Chapter from Black Diamonds |
Floor Show - Part 1
Jamie entered through the worn entrance into an oasis of women, eager to please the eyes of men.
She stood at the door for a moment.
"Shut that damn door!" someone shouted.
She clo...
Posted by Monique on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:13:00 PST |
Tagged |
I've been tagged by Deirdre (shhh...Debbie).
The rules are simple:
1) Write 10 facts, goals, aspirations, or whatever's about yourself.
2) Tag 10 people; no tag backs. (Whoever tagged YOU may not be...
Posted by Monique on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:10:00 PST |
Useful Information |
My dear friends,
I read about it in today's WSJ. If you constantly log in and out of MySpace, Facebook, etc., you will find the following useful:
"Yoono is a Social Hub that bri...
Posted by Monique on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:30:00 PST |
Im back |
I'm back for now&
And who is it that said that relationships are a long journey to compromise? So you see? We are bound to each other by allegiance. I will slowly begin to read and absorb all your blo...
Posted by Monique on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:33:00 PST |
Fleeing to the Country |
To all my good friends (and you know who you are),
I am fleeing Manhattan to spend time in the country, where telephone and Internet connection is an anomaly belonging to a distant future and wh...
Posted by Monique on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:06:00 PST |
