Been a few days since I wrote one of these. I need to be more consistent. Looking for silver linings is a huge mood booster, and we all need those more than ever now. Yesterday Alison and I worked out in the front yard for about three hours. It was around 52 degrees and sunny, …
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Shelf Life for March 2020
Books ReadVacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John HodgmanDig by A.S. King Books Bought/Found/Given to MeThe Lurking Fear by H.P. LovecraftThe Tomb and Other Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. LovecraftThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. As the COVID-19 pandemic drove us into our homes and out …
Golden
June 26, 2019Early morningThe light of a newly risen sun trickles over the eastern ridge behind my parents’ trailer and in through the living room window. It slowly covers the brown carpet with a thin, golden blanket. My father stands vigil over my grandfather, a man quite literally on his death bed. They are untouched …
Strange Sacrifices
Here’s a hot take for a COVID-19-ravaged world. It’s easier for some people to send loved ones off to literal war in a foreign country than it is for them to swallow their pride and wear a face mask and latex gloves to the grocery store. Americans are conditioned for bombastic, over the top, summer …
A TOUCH OF SILVER: Empty Pockets
I’ve been doing a pretty decent job of staying on a “normal” daily routine. Get up, drink coffee and put together the day’s Care Package, do yoga, take a shower, get dressed in regular clothes, and start the day. But there’s part of that process that’s the slightest bit different, and I really like it. …
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