Tag: life
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Strike Rich
There is a golden age that one acquires when one strikes it rich– it has nothing to do with age, though it takes considerable time to get there. He wonders when his time will come– when the well– the fountain of youth and abundance the ancients searched for will spring forth– some searched for a…
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Passion
I have tasted the beauty of the world now as an adult, and I am transfixed by it. I always wanted to be an attorney, and two dropouts later, I found myself a working paralegal– still chasing a middle school dream. It is an accomplishment, and I am proud of it, that I stayed the…
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Marfa
Past the mountains and onto the flatness of Mother Nature’s tongue lies quiet in the desert a town called Marfa, Texas. I called my trip a pilgrimage because that is how it felt– like I was called by some otherworldly force whispering into my ear. She is nine hours west of Dallas and three hours…