Prevention or Intervention?

Nathanael Miller, 18 September 2016 Suicide “prevention” training usually includes words like, “Ask, Care, Treat.” Military or civilian, “prevention” training normally focuses on asking friends, neighbors, shipmates, or loved ones if they they’re in crisis. Thing is…if you have to ask someone if they’re in crisis, then you aren’t preventing anything! You are intervening in … Continue reading Prevention or Intervention?

Poetry Night = Free Verse and a Few Haikus for You!

Happy Fish Nathanael Miller, 18 Sept. 2016 Happy little fish: Hiding behind the sunken ship— Resin relic of a war that never was— Decorating the bottom of his Sacred habitat. He is a happy little fish! __________________________________ A Haiku or Two Nathanael Miller, 18 Sept. 2016 A haiku or two Is all that … Continue reading Poetry Night = Free Verse and a Few Haikus for You!

What Does Good Writing Smell Like?

What DOES good writing smell like? Why does the power of the participle to prod a prodigious precipitation of pure literary potpourri capture our imaginations? What is it about the mystic makeup of language that prompts a merry merging of humanity’s mutual and magnificent experiences across the predictable passage of centuries? How does the mere … Continue reading What Does Good Writing Smell Like?

Dark Companion

September is Suicide Prevention Month. This is a good time to discuss a Dark Companion that attaches itself to many people and never leaves: Depression. Many people (like myself) who have attempted suicide live with chronic depression. Many people who never attempt to harm themselves also live with this unwanted guest. This Dark Companion might … Continue reading Dark Companion

Wonder…

And So It Begins…

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