I remember watching the television show of Northern Exposure. I don’t remember any of the episodes, honestly. But, I’m currently in a bar in the town of Talkeetna listening to the Cure and Queen’s Radio Ga Ga feeling at home. But also feeling like I’m in a time […]
Many people have asked me why I decided to go to Alaska in the middle of winter. Well, technically winter is a few weeks away. However, for the most part, we consider December to be wintertime. Anyway, many ask me why didn’t I come in the summer when […]
She had been glum for weeks. Feeling disappointed in herself and in others. She often expected much from herself. And, she had the same expectations of others. She felt let down by people not living up to the high standards she had put in place. But this morning […]
Throughout the course of life we take a lot of hits. Sadly, even from birth life can be tough and battering. It can feel as if we’re in a rickety lifeboat being battered about in a big storm. One storm after another. Yet, one can survive them for […]
She walked down the path wondering what food to order today. She needed to leep her mind busy. The path was so rocky and lonely. That had basically been her year. She stopped in front of the boot. No one had taken it yet. She took a syeip […]
She sat in the dark grieving. She pondered where she had gone wrong. But she didn’t really have to. She knew. She always made the wrong choices and gave too many people a second, third and forth chance. She was a fool. She wasn’t going to grieve anymore. […]
Happy birthday mom. Had she been alive she would be thrilled and skipping along. Her birthday. Election day. A lunar eclipse. It wouldn’t have gotten any better than that. I don’t know what type of day lies ahead of me today. There are sone ofd, weird vibes out […]
Dogs are rather simple pets. They love. They eat. They snuggle up. They bark orders at you. You obey. They fill our lives with love. We pet, touch and hug. They are loyal. They went through the dark, pandemic days with us. Have you ever wondered what a […]
She shook her head and chuckled. It was quite ludicrous to imagine such a get-away car and driver. This plan was, most assuredly, not going to work. But with similar certainty, it needed to. The backpack held everything she needed. But the will to outrun what haunted her […]
The leaves are rapidly falling. We sing odes to the summer that has passed and to the present autumn that is flying by. Why must we pass onto winter where not only the weather, but the hearts are also cold? Bare trees. Bare souls. Bundled bodies but frostbite […]