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It's That Time of Year
I'm not talking about the holidays. Or about the weird stretch of time between them where we all get lost and time blends and no one...
Just Call Me Aunt Yoda
I have a young nephew. He's super bright, very articulate, 10 years old and ready to rule the world. Succeeding in school comes easily...
It's Like I Fell Asleep On The Train
It's how I feel sometimes. A lot of the time, actually. If you've ever fallen asleep on a subway, or a commuter train, or a bus, you...
Simple Dog, Complicated Story Part 3
I've been dreading this part. When presented with a tragedy, people look for the lift - the tidy and sweet ending to that makes it all...
Simple Dog, Complicated Story Part 2
I've generally been a believer in listening to your gut. And the older I get, the more I believe in it. Though my 50 plus gut is...
Simple Dog, Complicated Story - Part I
As much as we love sushi, I knew there was something more - no one gets that excited over tuna and salmon.
Them Bones
Take off the headcover. Peel off the clothes. Under the skin, and muscle and sinew, wrapped in the vessels that carry our blood, you find...
The World's On Fire & I'm On Vacation
Alright, maybe not the entire world. But beyond the literal and the recent events of the Middle East, there's been as much metaphorical...
Are Those Trees In That Forest?
There's been some bad stuff going on in the world. If you're plugged in at all you know what an extraordinarily trite understatement that...
Sure. Expert? Why Not.
I used to think being an expert meant years (and I mean more like decades) of experience in any particu lar topic. Time in the trenches,...
The Pizza Was The Worst Part
I survived. I made it through the 10 days - albeit with some aches and pains (if you read my previous post - you heard about the bed),...
It's A Helluva Town
They say you can't go home again. And after so many decades trodding this planet, I finally really get it. If you've never left, that's...
I Keep Forgetting The Toad In The Freezer
TRIGGER WARNING: This post could upset animal activists or those with sensitivities to life-cycles and the balance between humans and...
Working On It
Coming to terms with me being my biggest hurdle...the beginning...
“There’s No Crying In Baseball”
I know, no matter what a lot of men say, that before I was born, my father was looking forward to a boy. It’s okay…I don’t hold it...
Nothing New & Very Unfinished
Sometimes I think the deepest fear we have Is that one day we will slip Silently away And no one will notice That we are gone. And that...
A World Without Elizabeth Windsor
Was she perfect? Of course not. Was she human? Very much so. Even though famous for her stiff upper lip, that stoicism served a purpose…bot
Same Steps, Different Story
I must have walked this path at least a thousand times over the years. While it still the same route, it is never the same journey.






















