Hermit Chronicles

Of the many words I am deeply fond of, there are two in particular that give me pause every time I come across them. The word “Paradox” (a self-contradiction that may turn out to be well-founded) sounds cool, and sort of rolls off your tongue every time you say it out loud. Likewise, the word […]

Serious question: Have you ever written something and gone back a very long time later (looking for a specific pull quote) to reuse it in new content and thought to yourself, “damn… That was pretty fucking good”? I know this sounds a lot like shallow vanity, but cut me some slack; a writer ain’t worth […]

The lede would have been, “Day 1: Dear Diary, what in the actual fuck?” While my brain was catching some z’s last night, filing away random shit that will come back to visit me in future dreams that make absolutely no sense, my body was invaded by a battalion of bat shit-laden bird puke-drenched mutant […]

I did a piece recently, reminiscing about my long-passed Aunt Carrie (“A Cane, A Hatchet, And A Corncob Pipe”) and some of the wisdom she imparted to me, especially as it pertains to the best way to learn new things, as she taught me the importance of keeping my eyes and ears open and my […]

Of the many words I am deeply fond of, there are two in particular that give me pause every time I come across them. The word “Paradox” (a self-contradiction that may turn out to be well-founded) sounds cool, and sort of rolls off your tongue every time you say it out loud. Likewise, the word […]

I remember enough pieces of my childhood to appreciate, in hindsight, that I must have been an incredible pain in the ass. There were times that I was a whiny little bitch, there were times when I was cute and cuddly and lovable and affectionate, and there were even times when the people around me […]

I did a piece recently, reminiscing about my long-passed Aunt Carrie (“A Cane, A Hatchet, And A Corncob Pipe”) and some of the wisdom she imparted to me, especially as it pertains to the best way to learn new things, as she taught me the importance of keeping my eyes and ears open and my […]

Of the many words I am deeply fond of, there are two in particular that give me pause every time I come across them. The word “Paradox” (a self-contradiction that may turn out to be well-founded) sounds cool, and sort of rolls off your tongue every time you say it out loud. Likewise, the word […]

I remember enough pieces of my childhood to appreciate, in hindsight, that I must have been an incredible pain in the ass. There were times that I was a whiny little bitch, there were times when I was cute and cuddly and lovable and affectionate, and there were even times when the people around me […]