Thursday, March 19, 2020: Brianna Maitland disappeared 16 years ago tonight. I didn't want the wild situation the world is in to obscure that important fact. What happened to Brianna is still a mystery, and her loved ones mourn her absence still. Tomorrow I'll write something from a fresh perspective, but I wanted to repost …
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Why I Write: Enter the Mystery Sleuth
I didn’t go to kindergarten. The year I should have gone – 1979 – was the last year kindergarten wasn’t a legal requirement in Vermont, and circumstances being what they were, it made more sense for my parents to keep me home until first grade. When the time came, I started school with a plethora …
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My face felt claustrophobic all day today. It started when my daughter and youngest son were halfway to Burlington, VT., where we were meeting my oldest son and a close friend of his for a birthday breakfast. Around mile marker 90 on Interstate 89 South, I was terribly aware of the beard growing on my …
Dear Grandpa,
You’ve been on my mind a lot lately, and with Christmas – the first one without you – only a day away, I wanted to check in and share a few thoughts with you. A year ago as we gathered to celebrate the holidays, you weren’t doing so good, and even though I miss you …
THANKSREADING 2019: A Person and Their Dog
Today is the third-to-last installment of this year’s Thanksreading pieces. I had a grand idea for today’s writing, but that’s fallen to the wayside. Sunday night was a scary time, and it’s been a long day today (Monday, as I write this), dealing with the fallout from it. I don’t have the mental presence to …
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