My phone died two days ago.  I’m not sure what happened to it, it just ran out of power while I was listening to my “Bore You to Sleep”...

My body is betraying me. It’s breaking down. When I learned how short life spans were a few hundred years ago, my child self thought...

I Facetimed my stepdaughter the other day. She’s been experiencing some arachnophobia. She wants all the people in her life to keep her...

You know that kid? The one in your house, with their nose in their phone? Or maybe it’s your sister’s kid with her nose in her phone,...

My uncle is selling his house. I saw the listing posted on my cousin’s page and cried. I said to Jim I didn’t know why I was crying. I...

The mantle, historically, has been the visual representation of a person’s worth. It describes their affiliation. Their roots. The...

I’m lying awake in bed. Scenes are flashing through my mind. I don’t know if it’s the wine or the chronic insomnia. Or the chronic. Or...

Chronic illness sucks. A friend of mine pointed out that I hadn't posted in my blog for a while. I told him I hadn’t felt up to it, and...

I took a trip to the beach by myself last year. It was in the middle of covid and I couldn’t take a dip in a communal pool or anything...

I called my dad the other day, He’s just learned how to use the video chat function on his new smart-phone and his face pops up in the...

The nurse sent me out of the triage room with a small plastic cup in a small plastic bag. I was to give my "sample" to the woman at...

This morning, I heard a rustling in the kitchen. As I follow the noise, I pass one of the cats snoozing on her favorite chair, and rule...

My goal has been to try to post about once a week. The minor problem of an attempted coup in my country's capital drained me of all...

My partner and I were at a bar one day, in the before-times when bars were open. He stood outside a local gay bar repeatedly pulling on a...

My professional journey has been a winding one. As I type this, I'm unemployed. I always thought of that as a place of failure, of rock...