Dating Advice

Choose to date someone who thinks you're hot
over those who think they're hot and you're not.

Do you have any dating advice?

Looking Lucky

You'll find whatever you seek. 

Today I'm looking to be lucky.

I found many bits to peek 

and fortune sprinkled liberally.

In honor of people that make us feel special.

Relative

enfold me splendidly singular

countermanding thine own insecure

shriek at my luxuriant chocolate locks

which was comparable to a cardboard box

personal progeny were beauties

longly lashed cultivated snooties

yet, I felt on par, clever and stylish

tho' in retrospect shabby and bookish

behold cherished auntie

not a real relation

but more like family

then those of creation

she exhausted not much more than a dime

but ad infinitum quality time

fawning and fussing a personage

acclaiming with abundant homage

she had me in a moon eyed hypnotic trance

amidst a laudatory fairy dust dance

raise the reckoning with reticence

a-stumbling askance with hesitance

behold cherished auntie

not a real relation

but more like family

then those of creation

as a memory mostly divine

inserted more than a slender line

as sundry glimmering glories she begot

my choice countenance tightened into a knot

in lieu of parody I repay

mediocrity she did allay

her physical essence hath departed

forever the spirit she imparted

Marcy Santos

Who makes you feel good about yourself?

Bare Bones Foundation

I wish that I had something to share, but I'm in the foundation phase of writing a few different pieces. Notably, I am working on an hour-long dramedy for a production company contest with Will Smith as one of the judges. It's due in two weeks, so my energy is focused on that. Can you imagine working with Will Smith? The project is family based, and I've got a killer idea that I'm fleshing out. Excitement keeps me going even after a long day teaching and picking up after my own teenagers. It's all about hope. After voraciously reading for the past 30 years, I relish the process of creating my own literary/media projects. I will share bits and pieces as they emerge from my travels inward.

CAMP SLUMP

This week has been devoted to science camp with my 6th graders. Not much privacy to write, so I am   taking it all in with notes on setting, forest winterland, and characters. Lots of interesting people from kids, counselors, other staff, and teachers. I find the counselors most interesting in that they live the ideal nature-lover's dream with adventure and passing on their love of the outdoors with kids. I don't know how they do it, but I'm amazed and intrigued. I've been listening to their stories and taking notes. I'm immersed in the setting too. It's been snowing and blowing all week. What a challenge!

Wrote a Song and Published on Finale Songwriter

Wow! Way harder than I thought. I wrote a song, similar to a poem. So, that wasn't too difficult. It's a camp song for my sixth grade students. The HARD part was using the software to write the music and learning the nuances of music making software. After four hours, I have a song to copy and practice for my students. At least I can count it as my poem for the week, though I've already exceeded my poetry goals this month.

Weekly Poem

Dream Easy

Easy to dream

hard to achieve

no matter how I

weave and weave

the silver strands

through my thoughts

it's not enough

to materialize

difficult to realize

that some whimsy

will never be

though oh so clearly

In my mind I can see

and touch the

quasi-reality of

there being brought

from dust to touch

no matter how determined

or persistent the desire

a stark existence

enflames the fire.

by Marcy Santos

How do you deal with the stark difference between your dreams and how difficult they are to attain?