Tag Archives: lonliness

Love: Turning It On and Hoping It Works

Posted on September 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by whitedaemon  My Real Memoir My girlfriend Dar and I had had too few opportunities to be intimate. So we moved in together. I’d been hired to install Sensormatic anti-shoplifting devices, just as Dar had landed a job at … Continue reading →

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Happiness Is Nowhere

Posted on April 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

Happiness is nowhere. Happiness is now  here. What’s the difference? Only air, which sometimes fills the space for years. We hope that happiness will come, although its presence may be fleeting. They say it lingers long for some, but others … Continue reading →

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Try to Remember

Posted on December 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

This season is the hardest for many. Try to remember that you are not alone in your pain–ever–and that suffering is never without a purpose. But if it seems to be, then assign it a purpose, and chances are you’ll … Continue reading →

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If You Think This Season’s Hard for You…

Posted on December 18, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week The holidays are, for some, about present love and past pain. But for others they are the reverse, a time of loneliness and isolation, of only faintly remembered love. I’ve had both, as I’m sure you … Continue reading →

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A Heart in Pain

Posted on February 1, 2023 by mitchteemley

Photo by Warren Wong My Featured Blogger this week is Benyamin Bensalah of Benyapoesy, who I’ve happily rediscovered after a long, accidental hiatus. Hungarian poet Benyamin’s words are deeply personal, yet always relatable, full of the exquisite pain and longing … Continue reading →

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When You Offend My Friends, You Offend Me!

Posted on June 18, 2022 by mitchteemley

Image by HealthyBacon The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. While Zack was on his way back to Ismara to search … Continue reading →

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Happiness is Nowhere

Posted on November 13, 2018 by mitchteemley

Happiness is nowhere. Happiness is now  here. What’s the difference?  Only air which sometimes fills the space for years   We hope that happiness will come although its presence may be fleeting They say it lingers long for some but others … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 28

Posted on January 17, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Seven: B’frona (Continued) Previously: Gina learned that the 11 year old B’frona had lived alone for several years. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ B’frona crossed to the … Continue reading →

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