It’s Not Just the Journey

September 3, 2013 Joey Cope 2

On September 2, 2013, Diana Nyad completed a 103 mile swim from Cuba to Florida. It’s been done once before. But until yesterday the swim had not been accomplished without the benefit of a shark cage. Anita via Compfight It was Nyad’s 5th attempt. She was 64. In an interview [read more]

Heeding Advice

May 16, 2013 Joey Cope 0

My handy, well-worn dictionary leaps to my hand much like Thor’s hammer. As I write, words flow and leak onto the pages of my current project. But sometimes, they don’t look right. In those moments, I instinctively reach to my left and soon I’m thumbing my way through pages of [read more]

The Whatever Project

August 24, 2012 Joey Cope 4

My name is Joey . . . and I have a problem. I have a tendency to be cranky. I believe that I cover it pretty well. Only a select few of you out there know that I’ve been battling this affliction most of my life. But those of you [read more]

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Powerlessness

July 12, 2012 Joey Cope 0

If you’re powerless over something, you either have to let it go or be content where it will take you. There is no middle ground.

Brain Freeze

January 16, 2012 Joey Cope 9

Growing up, I had an aversion to ice cream.                 Don’t get me wrong, I loved it — perhaps too much. I loved it so much that I ate too much, too fast. And the result was always brain freeze. You know what [read more]