

Sketchy Skills
I live in what I would call a questionable neighborhood. It’s not quite advertised that way when looking for rentals in town. I don’t...


Verhältnisse
My ex-mother-in-law is coming to stay with me. For a couple months or so. A temporary engagement that works with the for now decisions...


Silly String
I have had people come and go in my Life. I have had people tell me we will be the ones sitting in the rocking chairs on the porch,...


Doppelgänger
I just came across a post where someone was spouting off on how they couldn’t express themselves, their spiritual practices and beliefs...


Chulo
There’s this street cat in my neighborhood. I initially noticed him not quite two years ago when there were female cats around. He would...


Button pushers and Bandaids
Have you ever had a wound that scabbed over? And the scab would be there for days. Eventually it would either itch to such an extend that...


Going Paperless
There’s a new employee at work. And as it so goes with people liking idle chit chat, she’s asking me this question and that question....


Echoes of Nothingness
When I consider the weirdest of all things I can think of, do you know what it is? Nothing. The whole idea of nothing is something that...


Please wait while your party is reached
I received one of those generic community update messages from my boy’s school today. Something happened that initiated the mass text. I...


The big crossing
It’s been a challenge all my life to live my life as burden free as I can make it happen. Now, burdens are different things to different...