Once The Seeds Sprout , The Teacher Becomes The Taught
This story begins in late October 1999. If it were a movie, the opening scene would be me driving a really shitty car, ...
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...
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 I
"What we think is ours alone, what we do affects us all."
Despite them being inanimate objects, words have meaning, and how they...
Killing Your Children
The weapon of choice is not the problem. The problem is the decision to use a weapon to solve the problem.
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...
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,...
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,...
Forrest : A Horse That Wouldn’t Quit
If you have ever sat in front of your computer, mind racing at Mach speed, having an entire story in your head but finding...
