Grieving… It’s A Process

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“Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow.I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain.I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rushOf beautiful birds … Continue reading Grieving… It’s A Process

Cleansing The Silent Anger

2022-02-05 Miss Poison Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Anger, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Faith, Hate Crimes, Health, Honesty, Judaism, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Racism, Selective Racism, Taking A Break, Transparency, Writing

Over the past year, a lot has changed for me. Wonderful things, many wonderful opportunities. Amazing things which I've kept quiet about because I firmly believe in not feeding my own ego. I take a victorious moment and then I might share it with my nearest and dearest (Not always.), but I don't make a … Continue reading Cleansing The Silent Anger

Migraine Destruction and Searching For Calm

2022-01-26 Miss Poison Migraines, Writing Honesty, Migraines, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Stress, Travel Plans, Writing

A brutal migraine began last night, ripping through my skull like a freight train, as I frantically searched for an envelope of documents I have to fill out, not knowing when they are due back. I tore apart all the normal places I keep my documents which require immediate or semi-immediate attention, versus the one's … Continue reading Migraine Destruction and Searching For Calm

Wordless

2022-01-19 Miss Poison Writing Chronic Pain, CRPS, Healing, Health, Honesty, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Suffering, Treatment Methods, Writing

Of late, the few pieces I began working on for all of you have seemingly gone off the rails. I find myself triggered, upset, angry, introspective, and a myriad of other emotions. These are not emotions conducive to writing the truth. It requires me to take a step back, work on healing, and then move … Continue reading Wordless

Another Day, Another Synagogue

2022-01-152022-01-20 Miss Poison Writing Colleyville Texas, Honesty, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Synagogue Hostage Situation, Writing

I write this as the hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas, which I have been following since this morning, when the BBC sent a notification to my phone, has come to an end. Thank G-d every hostage, including the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel, are alive and safe. Let me be clear when I say that … Continue reading Another Day, Another Synagogue

Actions of a Chronic Insomniac

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This morning, I spent a little over an hour in the kitchen whipping up a full pot of tabouleh. I needed some healthy, soul food. 😉 It felt so good to listen to music and go at my own pace. It calmed me down in ways that, of late, cooking has not. I made it … Continue reading Actions of a Chronic Insomniac

Writing Challenges, Ideas, and Being Realistic

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As a writer, have you ever gotten in your own damn way? Maybe even not as a writer, but as a creative person? Over the past few years I have written four novels. Three are fully-fleshed out, while one was a side project I wanted to keep in development since I wrote it in pieces. … Continue reading Writing Challenges, Ideas, and Being Realistic

With A Bang

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Hey, everyone. I hate that I feel the need to write this, but facts are facts, and it's important to me to be transparent with my readers. Due to an increased level of online hatred towards Jews, but especially towards those of us who remain honest about our lives, and our ties to the Jewish … Continue reading With A Bang

Final Caturday of 2021

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Next Saturday will be a whole new year. It'll probably take me 'til March to stop writing 2021. 😉 I don't celebrate New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. They don't feel like, "holidays" to me, not in the traditional sense of the word, and I realized yesterday that they never have. Do you feel … Continue reading Final Caturday of 2021

Happy WordPress Anniversary, Poison In Lethal Doses!

2021-12-19 Miss Poison Anniversary, Poison In Lethal Doses Happy Anniversary, Honesty, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

Happy to have been here for nine years. Happier to be with PILD since, well, it's much, MUCH longer than this website will ever tell you. 😉 Someone told me last week that the difference between being a writer and being a talented writer is knowing your audience. For him, I fall into the latter … Continue reading Happy WordPress Anniversary, Poison In Lethal Doses!