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"Conversation With a Lap Pool at 6:30 AM on a Monday In a Pandemic"
Every time I come back to you I wonder why I ever left ( Read more... ) -
Decade, Part Five: You're The One But Not The One
January 4th, 2012That was the day it all changed ( Read more... ) -
Oh, These Strange Days
There is always some part of me that feels compelled to come back to LJ every once in a while even though I am pretty sure almost no one reads this. Oh well. So be it ( Read more... ) -
Coming Soon: A Light and Fluffy Read
As I wrote about a month or two ago, it took a global pandemic for me to actually write a novel/novella that, as of this writing, is in it's "fine toothed comb phase". I have been determined to somehow put it out there via self-publishing but of late I have put off that process more because it seems like a strange time to put a very light, fluffy ( Read more... ) -
"Suburban Housewives"
President Donald Trump, on more than one occasion, has made reference to "Suburban Housewives". Putting aside the racist, sexist, and class warfare dog whistles he is trying to convey in using that term, I am just as struck more by a thought of "Who the hell are you talking about? In 2020, what woman, wife, partner, parent and mother are you trying ( Read more... ) -
Where I Got Lost
Everyone I know has or is in steady search of a coping mechanism amid this pandemic. Without one we're bound to go a little crazy or maybe violate our own common sense, or both ( Read more... ) -
Nothing Relaunches a Blog Like a Global Pandemic
Let it be said... as a whole we're not good at this level of separation ( Read more... ) -
I Just Remember You Making Me Feel Bad
I remember that terrible mistake I made where concert tickets went on sale in October for a show in December that aligned with your birthday and I bought a pair with zero thought about what might be different 60 days later. You might remember that, even after all these years, where we broke up a few weeks later but said we were going to stay good ( Read more... ) -
Let's Just Mark The Big Ones, Okay?
It occurred to me that I have in some way, shape, or form documented my 35th birthday and 40th birthday on LJ so it only seemed fitting to write something about #45, which is today. I've said many times that one of the perks of keeping this active is that I get to occasionally revisit where I was over a pretty wide span of time ( Read more... ) -
The Last Month
I moved a month ago ( Read more... )