All poems and stories

  • Center, a poem

    Who lives at the center of the universe? Me! This is true for all of us. Close your eyes and plug your ears and everything disappears. I always wonder how others see the world. Is blue the same hue between me and you? What does cabbage do for you, and do we all hate broccoli…

  • Get slow

    Stress is a strange thing. Something immediate like being attacked by a tiger does not cause stress, but triggers the fight or flight response. The stress comes later! As we go about our lives our resolve is stretched like a rubber band, further and further and the stress increases over time with every added challenge.…

  • Hans and Sabine, life is great with the right mate

  • Island, a poem

    We are what we eat. Yeah. But we become what we think. Think well of yourself, count your blessings, do not compare yourself to others. Their opinions of you is none of your business, and we should cut others some slack. Life is tough and there is no manual, we learn by messing up and…

  • Hans and Sabine, enjoying life to the extreme