J.B. Sommerset

(Photo by J.B. Sommerset- Sunset on the Mountain, December 2023) Here's one for the upcoming months, this on is for those of you seeking some empowerment along the way to 2025. Let's face it, we could all use a little bit of empowerment, especially those of us who have bullies in our lives.  "Empowerment is the awareness and recognition that personal choice is the only thing we really have control over, it is as valuable as our time in this world, we should use that power to make our time worth the while..." J.B. Sommerset. Cheers!

One of my long term projects is a work called "The Last of Those Who Walk". When I say long term, this is one I have been carrying for many, many years. Sometimes I share bits and pieces of my work here on the site, today I am going to shar a small slice of one of my longest engagements in authorship. I hope you enjoy it... “Among his meditations was only the moment, the place his mind made its home. And where it rested, the past and future were pointless abstracts, untouchable, and distant.  Neither was either here, nor was it now, and he could change nothing of them. Only at the time of his death would the moment catch itself; and then, the moment would settle its debts with him. At that moment, past and future would be given the same meaning, and his karma would be completed. The moment had been and would be, his unrequited journey, his life in full. It was the sum of his time measured by days, weeks, months and years, all measurements of the moments he had existed in. The...

Every once in awhile, I like to post excerpts from my stories here on the website. There is so much work to be done and I have so little time do to it in. But, when I do get something done that I like, I post it (at least things that don't give the stories away).   The last of those who walk is one of my long term projects. I have been working on it off and on for several years. It seems to get longer and longer every time I work on it (it's well over 400 pages at this point- it was supposed to be a work of minimalism). I am writing it with a pen ( Gasp! he still uses one of those things).  Every once in awhile I will finish a chapter, I will then type it up and rework it until I like what I see. This is a slow way to get it done, but it also ensures that when it is finished there will be very little to correct, and very few things to work out.  This week I decided to post from The last of those who walk because it has been a long time since I ...