Why does the thought of a blank page in my journal, or a blank screen on my blog frighten me so much? I try to convince myself that they are simply places to write, to let my true feelings show, but that doesn’t lessen the sense of dread that
There are times when I feel like I am alone in the world. I am with Hal and The Stooges, but we seem to exist in our own little world. Most of this is my own fault because I chose the path of Kindness, which automatically separates me from so
I like to think of myself as a people person, but I’m finding that more and more difficult as I grow older. The art of conversation has died, and in its place, we are left with arguments seemingly decided not by the validity of a position but by the
With thanks to the Eagles and their classic “Hotel California,” I am also a prisoner of my own device. I’m a diabetic and that limits some of my activities each day. On Sunday afternoon, I once again tried to check out without my insulin, only to be brought back
I saw the video for the new Beatles song “Now and Then” and I thought it was a beautiful ending to the career of the band. I’m fascinated by the technology used to create the song from an old cassette tape recorder. I watched the story of the song
I talked with my therapist the other day, and we discussed how things are going in my life. I told her that my disability claim was finally settled after the threat of a lawsuit. She told me it was time to start enjoying my life again. The stress of the
Halloween has changed through the years. It used to be focused almost completely on children and trick or treat. Sometime in the 1980s, if memory serves me correctly, Halloween started to change into a more adult-themed holiday. The Halloween events became parties, chances for adults to cut loose and
Kindness is in short supply right now. All my efforts to focus on the here and now are falling short, and I am letting the tension go and relaxing before making any rash decisions I know I will regret later. With that being the case, I wrote my story using
Sometimes the world just seems laser-focused on fucking everything up. This is one of those times, I don’t need to mention all the bullshit, you can probably guess. At times like this, I shut down and walk away from the chaos. I try to go as far away
When I made the decision, or rather Hal did, for me to see a therapist earlier this year, one of the first things I had to do was filling out a questionnaire for my new therapist. I was surprised at how generic the questions were, except for the questions about
I thought about one of the strangest things that happened while I was in college. This was many years ago, but I still remember it vividly. This story happened many years before I embraced Kindness; I was young and headstrong. I was assigned a roommate in the dorm from a
Salmon, I’m honored to have you as a friend and follower.