As far back as I can remember, the only thing I’ve ever wanted to be was a writer. It’s been a lifelong obsession for me, one that ebbs and flows in intensity, but is always there. Like background radiation, permeating my every thought, action, deed. Writing what you know As a writer (and as…

This past weekend I went camping with some of my oldest friends and their children. All told, there were about 5 adults and 13 kids, ranging from 5 to 12 years old. It was utter chaos. …

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive. Trying not to confuse it, with what you do to survive. In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own. I don’t know when that road turned into the road I’m on. - Jackson Browne, “Running…

Well, if you’re travelin’ in the north country fair, where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm, when the rivers freeze and summer ends, please see if she’s wearing…

I can’t imagine how terrible solitary confinement must be. Or rather, and I can kind of now imagine it a little bit, but knowing that it must be sooooo much worse than what I’m going through now.

You just tell her that the only way her heart will mend s when she learns to love again. And it won’t make sense right now but you’re still her friend. And then you let her down easy - Robyn, “Call Your Girlfriend” I’m a little surprised that I’ve somehow…

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Remember 8 years ago when I said I was starting the 40/40 Challenge, a self-imposed goal challenge for the first 40 weeks of 2020? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. …