Both as a writer and a reader — it’s no contest. How about you? — In case you’re unfamiliar with the term “listicles,” they are defined as articles structured in the form of a list typically having some additional content relating to each item. Listicles typically have numbers in their title, such as Five Signs of a Highly Intelligent Person written by Sean Kernan. There…

For decades, I bottled them up — these days they’re free-flowing liquid gold to my soul — Take a few seconds to examine the above image. What do you see? And how do you interpret it? Regarding the first question, you’re probably thinking, “Isn’t it obvious — I see a tear dripping from someone’s eyelid and an image of two people kissing in an eyeball.” Yep, I…

One step in that direction is asking for feedback — I just did and was elated with the reply — A few days ago, I wrote a piece entitled Decisions, Decisions — Have Dental Surgery Or Finish Writing This Article. Not more than a few minutes after it was published, I got the following comment from a fellow writer, Natalie. I LOVED your article!! I identify SOOO much! You write…

You can’t make this stuff up, but apparently somebody did — At 10:04 this morning, I received the below text message: Hello, I trust you’re doing well. My name is Mr. Vinod Vakharia, I work with Civil Aviation Authority London Heathrow Airport, I apologize reaching you through this medium considering the fact that we have not met each other. I decided to…

It feels like they write themselves but that’s not the case — I bet you relate to those magical moments when the words are flying into your consciousness faster than you can key them in. Those moments are precious, and most definitely not to be taken for granted. I emphasize that because no doubt you’re quite familiar with brain freeze — the…

What to do, what to do … — Darn it. I’m already stressed out and I haven’t yet made it past writing the opening sentence. And exactly why are you so stressed, Mr. Bram? This is a bit soon even for you. Let’s Start With the Title I’m finally happy with it, but it took me forever to come up with it. As…

I know it’s not a cheery thing to think about but the benefit of doing so could be life-changing — I was about to give myself the proverbial “pat on the back” for my creative idea of writing my own eulogy to help set my life goals. That was until I keyed into the google search bar “write own eulogy set goals”. Much to my surprise, I got multiple hits…

In the book that constitutes our life’s journey — What shall I make of today, July 24th, 2022? Will it be a happy day, a sad one, or something in between? Will it be a lazy day or an energized one? Will I allow today’s story to be written by my reflexive mindless reactions to people and situations? Or…