J. Redel

Something I Can Do For You?

Amargosa Opera House at Death Valley Junction CA in Mojave Desert
Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction CA. iphone 12 Pro iColorama app

I’d come close to the Mojave’s affection
only to float on too quick and too far West.

Seeing me she said something
I can do for you? Shaking my head I let her go on, got me some


coffee and went back to work feeding myself pretty lyrics and lead.

—-Faylita Hicks from poem Self-Care

  • We Loved With A Love That Was More Than Love
    We loved with a love that was more than love. — Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee 
  • Instead Of Focusing On What If, Ground Yourself In What Is
    you cannot build a deep connection with someone who is disconnected from themselves. — Yung Pueblo from Clarity & Connection  it is easy to get lost in the infinite space of hypotheticals instead of focusing too much on what if ground yourself in what is — Yung Pueblo from The Way Forward 
  • If You Can Fall In Love Again And Again, You’ve Got It Half Licked
    If you can fall in love again and again, if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.  — Henry Miller
  • Because Anger Too Is Weakness
    Because anger too is weakness, as much as breaking down and giving up the struggle. Both are deserters: the man who breaks and runs, and the one who lets himself be alienated from his fellow humans. — Marcus Aurelius from Meditations 11.9 (Hays)
  • We Do Not Choose Each Other Randomly
    We do not choose each other randomly. We meet only those who already exist in our subconscious. — Sigmund Freud