You’d think, since I work in politics that I a) would not be shocked by anything anymore, and b) would feel like I’m already doing plenty to right the ship. Apparently, you’d be wrong. a) I am aghast at the blink-blink reaction of much of the country to the blatant, naked racism on display from […]
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My wife
My wife, Tiffany, is having a birthday today. It’s been a hell of a year, for a lot of reasons, mostly good, but you know how reasons are, lots of gray in with the black and white. So on the occasion of her birthday, I wanted to remind her that I love her. She is […]
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September 11
Today is my birthday. I share it with a national tragedy. I like to acknowledge both. For the birthday, I share it with my friends and family. For the other, I share it here. On the day I turned thirty-one, terrorists killed 3,000 people in the United States. It was a horrific moment of awakening […]
It has been a little over a month since I have written any fiction. Not a word. But I am getting back on that proverbial horse. A little over a month ago, I was offered a half time job by a friend, and I took it. Thus a third, part-time career was born. I am […]
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Ow
I am forty three years old. I have been blessedly healthy all those years, with nary a serious illness, a broken bone, nor a hospital stay. But yesterday, I had the pleasure of my first CT scan. Let me back up. Three mornings ago, I had a little back pain. Then the pain shifted around […]
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Blistering barnacles!
I’m not much one for New Year’s resolutions. After all, I am resolving to do things differently better all the time, not just once a year. Last month I resolved to write more, and a few days before that, I resolved to stop beating myself up about not writing more. But I know it’s a […]
My darling wife alerted me to a post on Facebook, by a Friend of a Friend (so I can’t comment there, since I’m not Friends with the Friend… ugh), a post that began with, “This just in: ADHD also diagnosed as ‘childhood’ ” and linked to a blog post at the Psychology Today website about how […]
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Happy Birthday.
In lieu of my usual “Happy Birthday to Me” post, I present you with this, posted serendipitously just yesterday, from Diesel Sweeties by Richard Stevens:
A strange thing has happened to me. Ever since joining our hippy-go-liberal UU church, I find myself mentioning it in casual conversation. For forty-odd years I haven’t ever talked about church, except when asked, and then only to indicate that no, I don’t really attend any church. But since joining SMUUCh, I find myself talking […]
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Zoey’s new life
It’s been a bit over a week now since Mason died. In that time, our other dog, Zoey, has gone from convalescent nurse to full-fledged companion animal. We got her four years ago to hang with Mason, to make his old age a little better. We did not expect him to live nearly as long […]