COVID-19 & The Death Of A Furtive Way Of Life
The greatest things in life are the ones nobody else is doing.
ApoCoronalypse!
This like a gift from the Almighty Himself!
A Brief Segue
To the tune of Twin's famous quote about the exaggeration of the news of his death, let's have a little fun at the expense of the rest of the human race!
A Beached Hermit
As I write this, the temperatures outside hover in the 20s and 30s and the ground is covered with a thin layer of snow and ice.
Of Poignance & Bucket Lists
It's interesting how seemingly casual, light-hearted conversations can sometimes take on lives of their own and wind up in places that were never intended....
Ode To An Old Friend
He was always happy and full of life and fearless and resilient... and he was never sick.
Ever.
People... Not A Big Fan
A Tricky Tricycle Caper
My birthday came and went a few weeks ago, quietly and with little fanfare as birthdays should be once you have fallen headlong into...
Bus Ride Banter
It took every fiber of my being to keep a straight face and nod sympathetically in the hope that - now that she was on a roll - she might elaborate, from a woman's perspective, on an opinion I happened to quite strongly share.
Karma & The Doctor
All that kept playing in my head was the advice he had given me at our last appointment. And it came out of me before I even realized I was thinking about saying it out loud.
A Man On A Mission
As he came into view, with his head down and not looking around at cars or other people, my neighbor approached – right on schedule – as if it was just like any other day of the week, month, or year. In that moment two truths became crystal clear to me :
1. The only thing in life that is absolute is death.
2. The best lives are those spent fighting to disprove rule # 1.
It's fair to say that change is not always pleasant or welcome in life, especially when it is forced upon us -...
