My mom knew the autobrush tray was mine when I asked where it was she swore she didn't know. I try to find tweezers and scissors to remove hair from my babies toe I discover my toothbrush in her...

 Dear God, “I’m so proud of you.” Those were the last words I heard before going to bed last night. My friend Amara said that to me just before we hung up on our phone call. She has shown ...

A distinct sense of my own argumentativeness. I percieved and felt into it for awhile. Not in a judgemental way. Simply in an open and curious way. I felt such an affectionate holding for it. ...

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I noticed today, while playing around with a 1967 photograph of the collapse of The North Pole’s roof (ironically) by heavy snow, that I was playing around with my 100th time travel vignette. It...

The snow did not materialize this last week though we did get close with some sleet and a heavy cold downpour. It looks like we are not expected to get below freezing now for the next ten days...

Yesterday evening until dark, I sat with a book out on the beach as the tide was slowly going out, feeling a steady sea breeze, and taking time every now and then to really smell the fresh salt ...

I left a note - Funny how our lives are similar and different of course too. We had beautiful snow, I had both my kids, I wrote in my notebook, not productively of course. Seems like I live ha...

Tom’s tentative plan is not to renew his license when it expires in 2030. He’s eagerly awaiting the day he’s not able to drive because he hates driving so much, lol. He also insists that an Uber...

Coming to terms with mortality. When Mom speaks of her grandfather’s farm, I stop what I’m doing to listen. We go to Walmart not to purchase anything but so she can get out of the house and get ...

Dating back to when I was still in school and I'm talking elementary, middle, and high school, I had always been the type of student/person who always got to work and didn't bother socializing ...

The Burning I have mentioned The Burning many times in previous writings, I believe now would be a good time to explain it.  After many months of sun and warmth comes the fog. It rolls in dur...

This one is for Starhawk, who challenged me to make a list of things in my life that are good, against the backdrop of, well… (I will get good enough at DaVinci Resolve to partially rep...

Rather as I predicted, AP went ahead with his heart surgery and ran into some difficulties.  He ended up with a triple bypass, a TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement), and a mitral valve...

I lied when I said I don't dream,Sometime I do all the time, Sometimes I remember them all, And I wake up looking for you, Because your scent still lingersBut now I try not to sleep because it's...