Author: ramblingsfromanunpavedmind

I embrace an eclectic life, tastes, and friends. I love to listen to people - to induce speaking of their past. Sometimes, their voices end in my writing. For grammar perfectionists, allow me to apologize in advance, as I write for the casual reader, not the professional. My passions include my family, music, working in electronics, mechanics, stone, and concrete. Better to know a little bit about everything than everything about one thing. Quote from Pascal.

Passing Once

I wanted the best of life but dealt with the rest of living. And, to the small of heart and mind, forget them, let them drown in their tiny selves, heavy and close and worthless. Let it be written, I loved, sang, danced, hugged children and animals with all that came my way. Love and … Continue reading Passing Once →

THOSE VAMPIRES OF LIFE

Vast it is, in that dark corner of your mind, the one filled with stark loneliness? That one where you knew you failed again? That same corner you have earned over years of poor choices filled with selfish justifications. Know I await you there, for I am you. You, without your glimmer, without golden charms, without lovely … Continue reading THOSE VAMPIRES OF LIFE →

Moving Titles to Kobo Publishing

As there are eight million titles on Amazon, and books (and other products) lose visibility after ninety days, I will be moving my titles to other platforms. First up, Kobe Publishing.

Soul, in a mind so Heavy

The mind so heavy with thoughts one's eyes cannot look up, the heart so burdened with worries it sinks like stone. But the soul, ah that soul, will be freed from heart and mind and flesh, think all that is life, love all that is right, leaving the heart and mind under. See my sunrise … Continue reading Soul, in a mind so Heavy →

STALKING EVIL

Announcing number 8 from me is available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.Hardback to follow soon. tinyurl.com/3jcen2hj Paper and hardback will take a few weeks more. (got to fire the employee dragging his feet. ) This is the 3rd in my series of a female serial killer, Janet, and teammate war hero, Zach. The Elite … Continue reading STALKING EVIL →

I Sit Alone, Listening

I sit alone after dawn and hear the bursting surrounding me. My eyes are closed, my soul has no barrier. There, a dove, cooing for her partnered one, Nearer, the wasp rasps and tests for the new home, Farther, ole sol, forcing renewed life on earth to grow, first green then in colors, Tulips, pears, … Continue reading I Sit Alone, Listening →

Believe in You

I do hope someone believed in you in your past. It might have been your mother, a friend, or the dog, but someone to validate your life meant something and to propel you to stretch higher for that brass ring. Women that think their lives mean nothing, yet have birthed multiple babies capable of changing … Continue reading Believe in You →

When Two Become One

The Soul, so 'oft times in pain, Has few choices, to be with God again.Once before birth, and after one dies, And during life, which is filled with cries. Cries of love, and being as one, During the passion of love, only then can Two become one. A blessed bird of flight, the pure … Continue reading When Two Become One →

A Shorter Road

Waiting for Better A better life, a better life Yet, this is what I have All that I am and all that I know I cannot wait for things to improve As the road is getting shorter, the end nearer. Let me sup on the things I have been given Instead of the hunger for … Continue reading A Shorter Road →

Rising To Be

And, the stillness of the night, gives way slyly to the red hues of the birthing sun. Silence is pregnant and full now, goosebumps flow on my arms and engorge me during this change. I wonder if the soul is not like a bubble lying deep in the ocean. Rising maddeningly, striving for freedom, to … Continue reading Rising To Be →