Scattered, vol. 6
* It’s been a hard week.
* We said goodbye to our dog, Cooper, on Monday. Today, I learned that my
All We Can Do
(CW: animal mortality)
There’s no good way to say this. My dog is dying.
On some level, we’ve
Smoldering
Yes, I did cry during the inauguration, which I hadn’t planned on watching. I
did watch it, though, and
Necessary But Not Sufficient
It’s been a hell of a week, hasn’t it?
It’s scary enough, of course, to watch a
Scattered, vol. 5
New Year's 2021 Edition
* Last night, J asked me, “Can you believe it’s already New Year’s
50 Things That Mattered To Me In 2020
Today is, among other things, the last Friday of the year. It is my habit to
take the end of
Acceptance
There’s a thing that people say sometimes about writing as a way of finding out
what you’re thinking
The Party of Stasis
In a few days, I and several of my colleagues will be meeting with our
Congressman for the first time
Irrevocability
On the night of my youngest’s sixth birthday, when the house was quiet and
everyone else was asleep, I
Not If, But When
I roasted a turkey last night for the first time in my life. It turned out much
better than was