It’s been three weeks since Butch, my father-in-law, passed away. Since then our lives have been like a rocking ship trying to sail its way through stormy seas. Some days are good, some are bad, but nothing feels the same, and we desperately need them to. I’m assuming that as the days go on we’ll [...]

And, the day after I write that, I find out my father-in-law has passed away. Words can’t express how sad I am right now.

I think today is the first day in a good long while that I’ve actually felt good. For the past couple of months I’ve operated under a low level of tension, worrying about my writing career, worrying that I’m not reading enough, worrying about my mother’s breast cancer, worrying about… well, everything. Over the last [...]

This doesn’t look good…

My weekend started with my microwave going out. It has been kind of wonky for weeks now, but Saturday morning it decided to finally give up the ghost. And, of course, it wasn’t a standalone counter microwave. No, this one had to be built-in. And, to make matters worse, when I finally got all the [...]