The Long Goodbye

It was a good weekend – kind of. There were definitely highlights and good times, but the part of this weekend that has profoundly affected me most was a spur of the moment decision. I believe I’ve mentioned before that my grandmother on my Mom’s side is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. She’s […]

Ghosts of the World

I promise this is about Ghosts. So just keep reading. So, I’m a mutt. My heritage is basically a strange amalgam of people whose branches started in Eastern Europe and what would become the United Kingdom. These people then screwed their way across a landmass until they found each other, then found an ocean to […]

Nature

Throughout my entire life I have had a contentious relationship with the great outdoors. When I was a child, my mother tried with every ounce of her being to keep us involved with nature despite Parental Directive One: keep your clothes clean (this is not hyperbole – there seemed to be no greater crime than […]