#FF — It’s Always Christmas

PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox It’s Always Christmas Vacationing in Mexico, I enter an American-style cafe to escape the heat and get a good old-fashioned hamburger. Cool air soothes my sunburn as la antifriona walks me to a cozy nook in the back. I study the décor while waiting for el mesero. Although July, it’s…

essay: Symbiosis in 100 words

“Veins of Life,” by Miroslaw Chelchowski Symbiosis in 100 words Readers subconsciously demand soul ink. Symbiosis is in the writer’s sick need to bleed it, share it, and be rewarded for doing it. Writers who withhold it will never rise above pathetic dreamers with trust issues. Those who pour it out, beware your venue. I’ve…