Games People Play
how playing board games and card games keeps my family close
The Right Stuff
mental health medications once ruined me, but the right prescriptions saved me
On Being a Partner to an Alcoholic
trying to rid myself of the burden and guilt of being a party to it
Mediocre Housekeeping
all the women's magazines in the world couldn't save my first marriage, or me
You Can Go Home Again
substituting his presence for my own
A Would-Be Writer's Life
the dream i once had is gone, and that's ok
Happy Trails
on traveling, and being grateful for the places he took me
A Place to Belong
looking for community in a church i am afraid to enter
Love of the Game
it's getting harder to truly love baseball when it doesn't love me back
Good Day Sunshine
on tattoos and heartbreak and healing
I Don't Care Anymore
is it apathy or self preservation?
I'm Gonna Soak Up the Sun
on outsourcing happiness
The Valentine's Day That Wasn't
don't you want somebody to love
Open for Business
the country has been open, stop asking for the government to relieve your guilt
The Food Conundrum
eating to live, eating to die
Betting It All Away
gambling has changed and making it easier is going to make it worse
Living Arrangements
my adult kids live with me, and i'm good with that
A Collective Soul
the collections we keep
A Guided Tour of the Land of Anxiety
what it's like to have an anxiety disorder
Dear You
dirty dishes as defiance
One Man's Paradise Is Someone Else's Hell
how i came to hate paradise by the dashboard light
Is There a Ghost
a haunting of my own doing
The Fickle Fame of Twitter
or: where all my followers came from
The Mess I'm In
living with clutter, living with depression
Shades of Blue
specifically, 7bb889
An Anniversary of Sorts
it's been one year since you looked at me
Love And Video Games
living and dying together
A New Year's Message
ushering out 2021 in a hurry
The Year of No Resolve
2022 is going to be the year of living effortlessly
Happy Holiday
and my own little christmas miracle
That Elusive Christmas Spirit
trying to find it amid loneliness and a covid scare
I Don't Want to Find Positivity in Trauma
i don't want to grow or cultivate resilience or learn from anything yet
The Show is Over
i am retiring from going to concerts
Things I Learned This Year
a year of hard earned lessons
Finality
it's the end of my marriage as i know it, and i feel fine
With The Beatles
on growing up with their music as soundtrack
Therapy Blues
i need therapy to deal with my therapists
Battling Grief
waiting for the acceptance to stick
A Holiday in Retail
on working in a record store during the holiday season
A Tree For One
putting up my christmas tree alone
60ish
i'm approaching old age and i do not like it one bit
In Defense of Hallmark Christmas Movies
deck the halls with schmaltz
On Giving Thanks
looking for things to be grateful for in a year that felt like nothing was good
Reconsidering the Darkness
a reversal of seasonal depression
Simply Having
a wonderful early christmastime
Love the One You're With
on learning how to love yourself
One Year Later
a year's worth of newsletters contain an awful lot
The Shakes
some very short fiction
Hope
i can't live in a world without hope again
Erasure
on burdens and being erased