Journal Entry #11

Goodness, it’s been a busy week. The water heater in my parents’ home has been making a racket in the walls for quite a while, and we finally got a plumber to come out and take a look at it. Apparently, it was long overdue to be replaced and more than 30 years old. Even

An Important Attitude (A Poem)

By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Based on a lecture given by my creative writing professor a few years ago, in which he said exactly the same thing. He was and still is a wise guy (in the best possible way).] My professor once told me    of a friend he can had       who composed

Journal Entry #6

It’s snowing today. Raindrops drummed on the rooftop of my humble home, and the Santa Ana Winds gusts against the windowpanes, so fiercely yesterday evening that I thought the power might go out–but it held firm all through the night. Which made the sudden silence and blanket of white outside all the more enchanting this