Today was a good day. I was able to sleep about 7 hours, but it was not a continuous one, probably because I was conscious of having to wake up early. I did have weird dreams again, but already ...

I don’t know what to say, butI feel like I need to check in. First things first, I’ll give an update on my mother. She’s fine. Doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with her. Must have been anxi...

And I’m only a day off and in my brain I know when I 1st started thinking about this place again it was well before midnight. We’ll see how far I get into this entry since the namesake of the ne...

It leaves me stunned how some people just stick with me. Some losses or endings hurt more than others. Once in awhile you meet a person you simply can’t forget. That’s Joe. Completely and utter...

I think I have decided I am skipping the holidays. I am no longer giving details about my life since people want to weaponize it against me. I am done talking or being nice. As soon as I have a...

If I knew that the last time I kissed you  Was going to be the last time I ever kissed you  I would have done it better... I would have put everything I had into it  I would have put my hear...

I grew up in a town too small to have a major grocery store, though it did have a nice IGA up on the bluff. The selection was expensive and limited mostly to spartan brand goods, so like most pe...

In knowing I spoke to Joel today and it was refreshing. Reassuring. A nice way to hash out with someone who has experienced these things and know that I’m not crazy. Or particularly in dire str...

Can’t believe Christmas will be here in a week. I always feel like the month of December winds up being a wash because we all kind of just walk around in a haze waiting for Christmas. Or at le...

What are 3 of the best decisions you’ve made over the last 12 months? Finally accepting that despite everything I feel about my employer, it is a job with unbeatable pay, time off, and secu...

A month ago I was all excited about Christmas. There have been years in my past when I hated the idea, hated the music and just plain wanted the day to come and go. A month ago I set XM to Chr...

The death of political correctness ("wokeness") in the USA is a thing to be celebrated.  While out at dinner many years ago, a woman made the mistake of telling me she had a special child.  "Wh...

Chapter 8 Mars, 2030, The Time Warrior, Elona, Lilith, Adam, and Eve Link: https://a.co/d/fsjuLRv Chapter 8 In a mythic age on Mars, the crimson sands didn’t merely whisper—they sang the ...

Recently we moved. Just a few blocks away, actually fairly close to another house we owned when we first got married. But that’s not the story here................ The house we now own had b...

When the writing’s on the wall, the writing’s on the wall. The first time I saw a website with an advertisement in a paper magazine, I knew that industry was on its slow crawl out. That’s when y...