There are papers to be filed, laundry to be done and a variety of odds and ends to be dealt with before the weekend ends but I am …
California & Ohio In Texas
It is a Wednesday evening in Dallas and I am sitting with some fraternity brothers in a steakhouse trying to ignore the men at the …
Why Did Dad Die?
I am 50 years-old but every now and then I pass by dad's picture and ask him why he had to die. Sometimes I hear him tell me …
Echoes Of The Present
My middle sister calls and I tell her I am trying to think of some good stories about her to share with her kids when I see them …
I’m Not Homeless Nor A Hobo
Three of us are sitting around a table at a fancy steakhouse talking about life as it is now and reminiscing about how it was in …
The End Of The Slump
In the time before now when we were not yet who we are today and still not who we would become she asked me to tell her how I …
Sometimes You Have Donuts For Dinner
I know a girl who talks about herring that tastes like butter but I have never come across such a thing and even if I had I am not …
Life Is…Blurry
I wrote two posts on Saturday but the second one was superior to the first, or so it seems to me. Got Ringo singing in my ear and …
Would DNA Testing Help?
When your father dies and you start to go through some of his stuff you find things that jump out at you as being emblematic of …
Remember When I Cared
Someone told me to pay attention to how people respond to my grief by being aware of who told me to suck it up and who would not …