Enemy Honor

Check out my latest piece of writing: Enemy Honor is a short story about an Italian Frog Men attack against British warships during World War II and the surprising friendship it engenders.  I look forward to any comments.

Every Morning

Darkness still blankets the world when my tired eyes reluctantly open.

Pulsating spherical stabbing emanating from my right hip ends the edge of slumber I cling to despite knowing it is over.

Toiling through the night, each quarter hour flipping, turning, rolling to find that perfect position.

Each quarter hour realizing that perfect position still needs to be found.

Eventually, the internal stabbing becomes too strong to force sleep upon my mind.

Consciousness, instilled with every insecurity I possess, floods my mind.

 This quiet time before Joshua and Jan wake is mine alone.

The bed is no longer comfortable.

My mind is no longer safe.

Rise

Start the day

Drowned the pain and quiet the mind through activity.

Mindless and without feeling I greet the world.

Stimulus: Good for me, not for you

I'm not surprised by the articles in today's Wall Street Journal about how the market sell-off of the past few days is due to the Federal Reserve claiming that it may start to wind down the QE(n's) of over $80 Billion a month it has been pursuing to keep interest rates down.  What is disconcerting to me is that the same folks selling off their holdings because they fear the Fed will no longer provide a stimulus, are those who complained about the government providing a stimulus during the heart of the financial crisis in 2008-9.  It is disingenuous of these Wall Street types to want stimulus for the financial markets, but not for Main Street America.  It's disingenuous, but wholly unsurprising.  I look forward to a return to as close to a market economy (without stimulus) as we can get when the Fed finally does wind down the QE's.  Until then, let the Wall Street folks lose a few bucks as their stimulus is withdrawn so they may join the rest of Americans who have been suffering for the past 5 years.