“I think I just met the happiest person in the world”, she shouted.

It was a world where happiness was hard to find. People were locked down and quarantined due to a pandemic that had seized the world for the last year. Many lived in fear of the pandemic, not knowing what was the truth about it and what wasn’t.

People were also in distress over the isolation from friends and family. Some un...

It used to be said that a smile could earn you points. Fast forward to today and now a smile will loose you points. In fact, it could get you a hefty fine or worse. You don’t want to know about “worse”.

Smiling was outlawed the year I turned 10 years old. It was a confusing time. I didn’t understand why you could be happy but couldn’t show it on your face.

Every day at school we had to rec...

Deep deep in the dark forest,

Laid a beautiful fawn in peaceful rest.

The sunlight barely seen,

Sent slivers of light beams.

The leaves on the trees rustled in the breeze,

Slowly to the ground floated a few leaves.

If you listen closely you can hear a babbling brook,

Where no fisherman has ever cast his hook.

It is a safe place for all wildlife to reside,

No worries of man and having to hi...