It is official …
I am out there swinging. For those who suffer from manic episodes, no explanation is necessary, for the rest of you, all I can offer is a pathetic, well meant yet mostly misunderstood, “I’m sorry”....
View ArticleIf I’m not me …
then myself, as I know me to be, will cease to exist. It has been a trying few days … ok, truth be known a trying couple of weeks, but the past few days have been egregiously difficult. For those who...
View ArticleIn order to gain my support from “Big Business” for worthy causes …
I have to sacrifice my own personal social media information and that of those that I choose interact with? What kind of racket is this? Businesses pretend to want to help spread news and articles of...
View ArticleWhen God gives one a heart of compassion …
it is understood that it will get broken. There is no way around it. I am still learning this. I find that is is both an honor and a privilege to watch the end of life come to pass. It isn’t easy nor...
View ArticlePicking and culling …
is a real pain in the nether regions. I’ve been going through things in my house today, what to keep, what to trash and I find that there are really very few things I have any use for. It seems that...
View ArticleAnd then there was light …
beautiful, blinding, mind-boggling, life-altering light. That is the nature of bi-polar disorder, or in the more politically correct lingo, manic-depressive disorder. The verbiage doesn’t change the...
View ArticleIn the midst of the Polar Vortex …
my heat goes out, or at the very least makes it painfully obvious that it is planning, in the very near future, to take an extended vacation. No phone, no lights, no motor car; not a single luxury....
View ArticleIgnorance is bliss …
but unfortunately for most of us, ignorance is a luxury. I have found myself spellbound by the idea of someone. The thought that they were what I might, had I actually been looking for someone, have...
View ArticleThere is nothing like a meltdown …
to put things in perspective. And I had one. A good, old-fashioned meltdown complete with crying, sobbing, pacing, stomping, ranting, raving and, to make it an official meltdown not just just a casual...
View ArticleAbandonment …
is one of those things that always comes as a surprise. I’ve experienced it more times than I can count, and it never hurts any less than the first time. I lost a friend. Someone who saw the world in a...
View ArticleI can’t remember …
the sound of his voice. Many nights, his stories of New York, Europe, anthropology, mathematics, design, engineering, and attending UNC at Chapel Hill, lulled me to sleep. It didn’t matter, really,...
View ArticleMy dog Murphy …
ate my teeth. Yep. You read that right. He ate my teeth. My plastic, partial, front teeth that I was wearing until I got my permanent bridge. HE ATE THEM WHILE I WAS IN THE SHOWER!! I flipped out. No,...
View ArticleTaking a shower …
is sometimes one of the hardest things to do. Maybe it is a day. Or a week. Or possibly several weeks. It shouldn’t be that difficult, but it is. It requires focus, dedication, ambition and the...
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