I don’t plan to have a funeral. I think it’s best to fade away without any hoopla. But for those interested in one in my memory (hopefully, far in the…
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I collect quotes. I have thousands of them. On topics such as freedom, freedom of speech, economics, war, love, and motherhood, among others. When I find one that strikes me…
Awful truth #19: A life with no regrets is not a life. “The past is always looking over your shoulder, whispering things you don’t want to hear.” —Tom Perrotta, Tracy…
I was destroyed yet made complete; darkness descended upon my life as a great light; wretched things did become great treasures; cool, healing touches burned and wounded; I wept for…
There will come a day when it’s the last time I do each of the things that make up a life. Some of these I will know at that very…
Gyril was bored. Unbearably so. He didn’t feel like reading, not even his antique books, which if not for the ultrafilt unit would’ve now been covered with a coat of…
Dear Jacquelyn, Now that you’ve started kindergarten, I don’t get to see you nearly as much. You’re busy with school and growing up fast, experiencing a vitally important part of…
Monday 11:31 P.M. Gabe wore an analog watch. He’d paid twenty bucks for it at a garage sale ten years ago, and it worked perfectly fine, as far as he…
Willful stupidity isn’t just an American thing: Canadian police unable to determine if semen is from a male or female! Lord, our planet so deserves any planet-killing asteroid headed our…
A fresh hell of imbecility: Loneliness declared a “public health emergency.” “The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and…