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The world is a little less bright today. Gia’s light shone far and wide, warming everyone and everything in its path. Gia was like a...

After the violently seditious melee at the US Capitol on Jan 6 (or the righteous freedom assembly if you are a trump supporter), I...

It’s Sunday, November 1, 2020. I know Biden is going to win. I'm optimistic about the Senate as well. What I am not optimistic about is...

Who isn't looking forward to the end of 2020? I just watched a year-end review and it was sobering. I found myself repeatedly saying,...

Have you ever felt that you had a little storm cloud over your head, pouring woe onto your freshly washed tresses? That would be my life...

Did you know that stinkbugs hibernate in the winter? Or that they have a needle-like mouth to pierce fruit, but they keep their mouths...

My mom has fallen down so many times without snapping like a twig that I was beginning to think her bones were made of rubber. Emboldened...

Sometimes we get exactly what we want in this life, but we are predominantly forced to temper our expectations, as things rarely work out...

“We see a mass in her upper left lung. She needs to get it biopsied.” And that’s how it began. Last November, I forced my mom to quit...

I have to say that I love me some 90’s alternative rock tunes. I managed a music store back in the day (remember those relics?) and had...

It was a day like any other; sweltering heat with the type of humidity that sucks away your sanity, flies fighting their way inside the...

It was a beautiful day in Raleigh on May 28, 1992. My best buddy on the face of the earth; I'll just call him Joe Mama because, well...

Next door to my mom’s house sits 1.6 acres of land that has been vacant for the past 30 years. My parents ex-neighbor on the other side...

I received a phone call at 3 am a few weeks ago. I was in a Xanax induced sleep so it was like waking from surgical anesthesia, not...

Today is the day we head to Massachusetts for the holiday to see our relatives! The day begins at 6 am. Originally, we had planned to...

Did you know that I am an evil mastermind of global proportions? A nefarious ne’er-do-well? A money-hungry heathen? A plunderer of the...

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. To witness a KKK rally. In 2019. Wait, what?! That's right, folks, this shit happened this past weekend...

I’m sure when Glen Frey wrote the song referenced in the title of this post, he never dreamed that someone would use it to write about...

Our inaugural motorhome trip has come and gone. We are all still alive and nothing caught fire, which for me is a major accomplishment....

I’ve been going to the gym frequently for the past several months. I walk on the treadmill, lift some weights, and call it a day. I watch...