Sixteen years later I come back to words written long ago and see the truth once uttered remains unchanged. Full Circle People …
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What Does Almost Dying Teach You?
A dear friend asked me "what does almost dying teach you" and I thought about suggesting she read Prometheus Unbound by Percy …
How Would I Know If You Died?
If I write about the junior college math professor who had a face that looked Droopy the cartoon dog and a skeletal body you might …
Pinballing Through Memories
Sometimes I dream about lying on the floor feeling the blood run out of me and the moment I realized I was dying. I remember more …
The 100 Year Old Penny Revisited
Couldn't decide what to write about or if I wanted to start with one of these three songs: Diamonds & Rust- Joan Baez Green …
Death Threats Are So 1939
A few more fans slipped into my DMs or found other ways to tell me to pray they don't find me or to promise karma would catch up …
69 Stories No One Reads Anymore
My baby is in finals this week. She is a senior and is a few days away from a much needed break before she starts her final spring …
When The Family Dog Saves Your Life
Got Woke Up This Morning playing as I sit at the computer visions of Tony Soprano rolling down the highway interspersed with …
I Fought The Angel Of Death
It is two days since we said goodbye to my furriest child. It came a little more than two weeks after I took him to the vet to see …
Death Didn’t Seem Painful Part 2
It's a month since I was released from the hospital and a little more than a month since the paramedics wheeled me out. If the …