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Power Trio , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Today I switched hospitals with a colleague for the convenience of going to a doct...

whatever it takes to escape the pain if only for a minute whatever it takes to keep myself sane or even to admit it to take a hit to draw ...

A Very Snowy Day , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. A peculiar thing to see a squirrel dragging a cut of cloth, jumping from...

Reading about Poetry... , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. *** Reading a book about writing poetry on a couch in front of a ...

The Sweater , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. I want to write about the sweater. It has wide stripes of black and red, only so...

COSI , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. *** Perpetually born premature I live out these tenuous hours in my incubator of a ho...

New Basketball Shoes , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. I found them in the back of my father's closet amongst a litter of 7...

*** It's all she wanted for Christmas at two, almost three years of age. A consistent request from which she did not waver. The look o...

*** On this fourth day of Christmas our almost three year old was playing with her favorite Christmas present, a Sesame Street playdoh co...

Poppyseed has discovered classic children's poems and songs on her mother's iPhone. For the past several days I have found her lis...

Untitled , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. *** It's raining in December Ol' Roy hangs on our tree these past t...

St. Elias , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. *** My son lies in a darkened room the lights out sleeping as I stand over h...

Watching the Mud Dry #1 , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. *** Still haven't figured out this writing journal thing. I...

*** If we only knew the gravity of grace that sustains all that is and all that could be working in and through us one word would rep...

"How are you feeling today?" is the door through which the doctor steps. Some answer, some don't, some can't, and...

Uncle Bob and the Baltimore Ravens , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Grabbed my Baltimore Ravens cap as I headed out the door t...

*** There are two of them, a boy and a girl, six years apart. There is no comparing, it's apples and oranges (I like it that way)....

I'd love to learn to write better, but my inclination is to take a picture instead. , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. 10/30...

The Protector of Children , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. ***** "I watch for cars when the kids are going over to Sund...

Kevin Remembered , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Tonight I was washing dishes and listening to James Taylor while the kids sh...