Meaning & Purpose: Introduction
For all that has been said, fairly or otherwise, about human beings, there is one immutable fact about our species that can neither be...
I’ll See You After
She was born in mid-August of 2014. About five weeks later, my mother finally and mercifully succumbed to her years-long battle with Alzheimer's. Several...
A Necessarily – Amiss Christmas Missive
This year... 2023... The world is in an especially troubled place.
The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated worldwide hysteria, has finally receded, more or less,...
Ode To An Old Friend
He was always happy and full of life and fearless and resilient... and he was never sick.
Ever.
Meaning & Purpose: Part III
Have you ever watched someone die? I mean, up close and personal while holding their hand as they take their last breath? I have,...
Meaning & Purpose: Part I
"What we think is ours alone, what we do affects us all."
Despite them being inanimate objects, words have meaning, and how they...
The Bittersweetness Of ‘Granding’
I remember enough pieces of my childhood to appreciate, in hindsight, that I must have been an incredible pain in the ass. There were...
A Necessarily – Amiss Christmas Missive: 2024
This year, 2024, the world is especially troubled. The election season that is finally behind us has been one of the most divisive...
At 65, I Finally Know What I Wanna Do When I Grow up
I was born in Washington DC and grew up in a Maryland suburb just over the line. All of my extended family lived...
Meaning & Purpose: Part II
I am going to whistle past the graveyard of the current socio-cultural and political circular firing squads currently gunning down innocent civilians on city...
