Earth Day poem on Insomniacathon

Hey! I'm excited to say that my poem, 'Hunger for a Better Tomorrow', is one of 2 featured poems for Earth Day on Insomniacathon. I'm elated to be featured along with Kurt Vonnegut and his poem, 'Requiem'. I hope ya'll will check out the website. It's really a great place with over 30,000 readers monthly.

Entropy and Newton's Third Law of Motion

2006 was a year of vicissitudes; sadness and joy, elation and frustration -- a year of transition. Even as I tried to measure the entropy of my life, those things that were in disorder managed to align and joined forces to form a ‘more perfect union’, and those that were already aligned, zoomed out of control once again. Equal but opposite? Yes, that is what it seemed to me. Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal yet opposite reaction. Frankly, I believe that this law applies to all aspects of life, not just motion. Life is in a constant state of motion – right down to the cellular level. Yet emotions are in a constant state of flux as well, and they tend to oscillate between highs and lows in equal numbers and intensity when summed up over the course of the year. Even our perception of the passage of time is at opposite poles from youth to old age. When we are young and can handle a multitude of events in our lives, time passes so slowly that it seems to defy reality. Then as we mature, time accelerates past warp, blasting reality away but in the opposite direction – we seemingly have less time to perform the tasks that once took milliseconds in the vast scheme of our ‘virtual reality’. Most people look at the New Year as a time to look ahead – to the future. Me, I tend to think about those things for which I am truly thankful. Yes, I know… that is supposed to be reserved for Thanksgiving; right? Well, I guess that is one of those differences in perception that I spoke of a moment ago. I think of Thanksgiving day as one where we enjoy the camaraderie of family and friends over a labor intensive meal that may disappear unusually fast, but is enjoyed more so than any other meal of the year. Then, after the madness surrounding the Christmas and Chanukah season, there is that brief time – at the stroke of midnight that ushers in the dawning of a new year – when reality shifts once again. During that infinitesimal moment, we tend to look back over the course of the year that just finished and make resolutions that will somehow improve the quality of our lives from that day forward. Unfortunately, most of those resolutions fail to materialize due to lack of forethought of the ‘virtual reality’ in which we live, Newton’s Third Law, and above all else, entropy. Somehow, as my cells continue to age and time passes with an acceleration that increases with cruelty, I’ve realized that I should have made certain decisions well before the time that I got around to making them. It wasn’t as though I was a procrastinator, though. It was just that reality moved quicker than my brain cells and this shell of a body could match. Thus, I conclude that entropy will continue and Newton will buffer it to keep some semblance of order in my life. In 2006, I divorced and remarried. I have already experienced love and devotion from my new husband, Joel, which surpasses my wildest imagination of what true love could possibly be. I gained a wonderful mother-in-law, who I call, Mom and who calls me her daughter. I have gain four wonderful children as well – two who are adults and two who are still in their formative years. Joel has gained another whole family as well, who loves him as if he were always one of the clan… always a close-knit family. In addition, in 2006, my first novel, Choices Born of Prophesy, hit the bookstores, and there are more tomes to follow. I hope that those who read it will find it worthy of the page space and that the story instills hope and happiness, especially as the series continues to unfold in future volumes of the saga that depicts an alternate history of our world, one based in magic. Moreover, I have had the privilege to assist other authors with their work on their way toward a possible future as published authors. Oh, that reminds me… many people have asked whether I have misspelled Prophesy. Although the most common spelling is prophecy, these two words do have a distinct difference. Prophecy can be any prediction of the future, whereas a Prophesy is a prediction with Divine Authority and in this context, always capitalized. Prophesy is rare in current times because most present day prophecies are not Heaven-sent. I hope this clears up the misunderstanding. Anyway, as we march into 2007, let us do it without reckless disregard. May the forces of entropy align with Newton’s Law and culminate in a rich, full year of love, happiness, hope, and fulfillment of your dreams and aspirations. 1/1/2007