When I started this blog exactly one year ago today, I was so down in the dumps that I don't think I even realized it was Valentine's Day (cue sad trombone). If you recall, I was in the depths of despair about not getting into grad school and I created this blog to keep myself inspired on a regular basis. 

And I do believe it has worked. Okay, if I'm being completely honest, I haven't devoted that much time to creative writing this past year. But I have put a lot of time and effort into playwriting submissions and toward a career change that has proven to be a good fit for me. I know the blog didn't cause me to do that work, but it has helped me clarify and document my thoughts, plans and desires. Not only that, but your comments and readership have kept me writing, posting, contemplating and smiling. 

So happy Valentine's Day to you, lovely reader! Do me a favor, and go get yourself a margarita, okay? 

And now, a poem: 

Roses are red.
Cookies are brown*
Thank you dear readers,
For sticking around. 

And another . . .

Roses are red
Vacuums are sucky. 
You are my pals
And thus, I am lucky. 

One more for the road: