They say you’re never more alive than when you’re an inch from death. Think about fire… Normally, fire is all cozy and toasty-woasty. But do you know when you feel TRULY alive? When you see how close you can get … Read More
Cat and Mouse
Have you ever watched a cat toying with a mouse? Swiping at them with their little paws and watching them squirm. It looks like such a game to them, a toy to play with that when they’re bored could become … Read More
Dirty Cloth
Have you ever tried to clean up a mess with a dirty cloth, friends? You scrub away, desperately trying to get rid of the dirt you’ve made it your mission to cleanse. Yet, for some reason, you just seem to … Read More
Cheese and Crackers
[Sunshine watches his own dull reflection, caught in the steel bars of the cage.] I… I don’t know who I am any more. I can’t seem to recall the exact moment I… lost myself. But it’s there. That feeling. That … Read More
Seventeen Muscles
It takes less effort to smile than it does to frown. Seventeen muscles move together when you smile, seventeen small signals to the world of your happiness. But a frown? That takes forty-three muscles. Forty-three reminders that sadness is heavier … Read More
I Know a Song…
“I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves, everybody’s nerves, everybody’s nerves. I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves, and this is how it goes.” Even on the darkest day, sometimes a little song gets stuck in … Read More
Turkeys in the Rain
They say that a turkey will drown if it is left looking up at the rain that falls on it. I’ve always said that into every life, some rain must fall. But I used to think that a smile would … Read More
Gold Stars and Black Dots
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain. Let me tell you a little story. There once were tiny wooden people called Wemmicks. They could walk and talk, laugh and cry … Read More
Square Eyes
‘Don’t sit so close to the screen, or you’ll get square eyes.’ That’s what they used to tell little children. Maybe parents of old used to actually believe it. Either way, they feared television, the screen. Above all, they believed … Read More


