Category Archives: Musings

Ever been to a gym class? You know those stretches at the end, how some people can do the forward fold over split legs really easily, and other people can do the forward fold over crossed legs really easily, but … Continue reading →

It’s time once again for Late Night Poetry here at The Skinny (Our motto: I’ll Go To Bed After I Read This Next Chapter, Really, I Mean it This Time). Am feeling classical today, probably because – on my own … Continue reading →

It’s time once again for Late Night Poetry here at The Skinny (our motto: Sleep Whenever You Want; It’s Summer, No One Will Notice). Did you know Leonard Cohen is a published poet as well as songwriter/performer? I found this … Continue reading →

Firestorm of controversy! A Miss America contestant was judged to be ‘curvy’ by the tweet-o-sphere. He body was also called ‘normal’. (In this case, it was deemed a good thing. Sometimes, not so much. Ah, fickle tweetsters.) The ‘curvy/normal’ woman … Continue reading →

Yesterday, on Memorial Day, I was at a place which lowers and removes the American flag every day at sundown. It was a regular ritual, made more meaningful by the thoughts it evoked on that particular day. The few of … Continue reading →

I don’t — as you know, if you follow Late Night Poetry here at The Skinny (our motto: Sleep is IN this Spring) — I don’t post all that much truly really contemporary being-written-right-now poetry. Partially it’s on accounta I’m … Continue reading →