Divermarv

Coming up for air.

  • Literally and figuratively

    “Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there’s not even the smallest part of you now that was part of you seven years ago.” Steven Hall “Everything about your life, about your body, grows! Your cells regenerate; your hair, your nails, everything grows for your Continue reading

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  • A New Short Story…

    Please check out my newest short story. Virgil Stooksbury. This story is also the first story on my blog which I have bothered to actually review and revise. I hope you enjoy. Peace and LoveMarv Continue reading

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  • It’s about respect

    “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” Laurence Sterne “A person’s a person, no matter how small. Dr. Seuss “We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other.” Malala Yousafzai I have noticed a thing about myself. Noticing by the way is something I Continue reading

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  • The Holler

    “I’m always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.” Loretta Lynn “The pull of our roots can be such a strong force, no matter how far or wide we may roam.” Lauren McDuffie “Appalachia, in fact, is a very matriarchal culture. We revere our Continue reading

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  • It’s the little things. Redux

    “If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.” Stephen Fry “Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” Atticus “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his Continue reading

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  • It’s the little things

    I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things… I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. Leo Buscaglia Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure Continue reading

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  • Joyful Sadness

    Joyful Sadness I am sad. Memories half-remembered have filled my dreams; sometimes coalescing into brilliance. Fleeting though. The aftermath a sadness of recollection lost. Past loved ones slipping into the oblivion of eternal night. Intangible ghosts; tendrils of nothing. Daylight brings hope for remembrance. I shake at the acme of the day; the slope of Continue reading

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  • England Swings

    “England swings like a pendulum do. Bobbies on bicycles two by two…” – Roger Miller “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J. R. R. Tolkien “A foolish consistency is Continue reading

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  • Tin Soldiers

    “Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.” Marcus Aurelius “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.” Robert Herrick “Poetry begins Continue reading

  • New York, New York…

    “We got rats on the west side, bed bugs uptown.” “Go ahead, bite the big apple, don’t mind the maggots,” and yet Jagger sums it up: “Pile it up, pile it up/pile it high on the platter.” Shattered, Mick Jagger “I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail Continue reading

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