Four more days in this house. I’m not necessarily trying to be nostalgic so much as trying to remember what day it is. Okay, so that’s a bit of shrugging off emotion as a joke, but it’s worked for 45 […]
Don’t Move
If you’ve been living in a place for over 15 years, past the age of 40, and have this sudden idea of moving, allow me to give you a small bit of advice. Don’t. Make peace with your life as […]
Late Spring Word Wednesday
One day after my triumphant return to blogging and I almost missed posting something. Okay, so maybe it’s not so much triumphant as wobbling back out onto rollerskates after a couple decades, but indulge for a bit if you would. […]
So Where Ya Been?
I honestly didn’t intend to stop writing the blog for just over three months. One week off turned into two turned into three and the next thing you know, I was working the ticket booth at a circus in Borneo […]
Rules Of Engagement
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll probably say it many times more: one of the perks of aging is giving less of a damn each year about what other people might think. The reason I’ve said it is […]
A Connected Word Wednesday
After a few weeks of new poems, I decided to reach back a couple years and dust one off. i stand connected too far from a future to see the right answers and too close to a past that contains […]
System Of A Down(er)
Feels like this is a good time to step into the interwebs darkened cubicle for a little confession time. I am one of those people that has a system for loading the dishwasher. I have a system for a lot […]
Listening With Larnell
In a world where a person can fire up their internet machine and within a few moments be watching people play video games, eat, buy homes, do needlepoint, and any number of other things, it’s not a stretch to watch […]
Word Wednesday On A Friday
Through some interesting (and frustrating) mutations of my sleep schedule this week, Wednesday turned into a contest for survival and I didn’t post anything for Word Wednesday. So, rather than wrack my brain for something to write about today, I […]
On Speaking Ill Of The Dead
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that there are very few absolutes in life. But this is one of them: live your life in such a way that thousands of people aren’t glad that you’ve left the planet when you […]