Life As An Outsider
Don’t look for a tribe if you are outside. Groups don’t validate an individual. They consume them. Stay Special. Stay you. …
Christ
This is not a swear, no name in vain, or an exclamation. Christ is my life model, the measuring stick of my shortcoming. Over my lifetime I’ve watch the words
Clues From Nature
Just went outside. Birds covered the pine next to my garage and line the roof of my neighbor. Something is on the way and those birds aren’t wanting any part
Sat Here Before
My joy overflows at who you are; I’ve sat here before. …
A Golden Anniversary
50 Years. Half a century. Most of their lives. I can’t comprehend it. It’s hard to unpack the thought of it all. The blessing of it is astounding. Yesterday, I
Splendid Isolation
“I’m putting tinfoil up on the windowsLying down in the dark to dreamI don’t want to see their facesI don’t want to hear them screamSplendid Isolation” Warren Zevon, Splendid Isolation
The Cycle Continues
Humans require change, but on a wheel. We must perpetually spin through a cycle. It offers us so many useful illusions. We color them with disingenuous names and labels like
Not Ashamed
Can’t say I’m ashamed, I’m not. Not ashamed to say I’m excited for my BooBerry cereal. Or that at this point, I’ve watched both Conjuring movies. And plan on eating
Lesser Angels
Most encounter these beings in both small and big moments in life. They appear in pivotal times when our own trajectory is carrying us to our ruin. They can be
Fear and Fury
For the first time in my life, I see it coming. The end is near. The rats have begun to eat each other as they fear to lose their existence.