It's published!

After several months of work, my book "shorts...a compilation of stories, essays, poems & ruminations" is available. These selected works have been written over the past 5 years and reflect events in my life, some of which are true and some fictional. I do hope to engender some enjoyment, some reflection, or some curiosity.

paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1976840465/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515505673&sr=1-1&keywords=shorts+jk+brown

kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078WD7N9Y/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1515505927&sr=1-3&keywords=shorts+jk+brown

An Imprint...

It seems some people are meant to move into and then out of your life.  At the time of their departure, you may have a feeling of loss, of a fear of not having that relationship you’ve formed. Thinking back on this, however, it doesn’t seem to be mere happenstance that this has occurred.  That person was placed in your life to contribute, in some way, to who you are and to who you are becoming.  They make an imprint on you.  Hopefully in turn, you’ve somehow done the same.

Sorry...

You say you are sorry when you hurt someone and then there is that silence.  Sometimes you mean it. You don’t want that pain you caused another to ever happen again. But sometimes you say you are sorry just to fill that empty space.

The frame...

It struck me that you can’t always control what’s in your picture, but you sure can choose the frame.

Smudged mascara...

Real love isn't about that ideal of perfection you see in glossy magazines. It's about after a deep sleep, she has a bit of smudged mascara around her eyes. Yet despite this (and maybe because of it) you think she's the most beautiful woman you've ever seen.

Grocery store...

Must go to the grocery store tomorrow. If not, you'll be reading about the crazy woman in Texas eating the artificial Christmas tree with her cat.

Hard Sleep...

I had that hard sleep today. 😴 I decided to take a nap, fell asleep for 2 hours and woke up sweaty, disoriented & had drool on my face. Don't act like you've never been there. 😉