“There’s got to be someone we can trust out here among us.” -Wallflowers, “Three Marlenas”, as heard at Home Depot today Yesterday was almost an okay day. I couldn’t tell you why. I guess part of it was that Emily…
Category: A Day in the Life
By the Numbers
Today is a little better, for no apparent reason. I think it might be good to not leave the house for days at a stretch. Although my haircut is scheduled and isn’t a home visit. I expect to put some…
The Long Tunnel
New image up top, to reflect what’s going to be a new theme around here for a while. This is the best metaphor, the best way of putting this new chapter of my life that I can imagine. The image…
Just Like Everybody Else
Cuz I used to be a superhero no one could touch me yeah not even myself and you were like a phonebooth that I somehow stumbled into now look at me I am just like everybody else. -Ani DiFranco, “Superhero”…
Leaving Liberia
About an hour from getting on my way toward the plane to take me away from Monrovia, which means I’m still a good five hours from the plane actually getting airborne. Things run at a slightly slower pace around here.…
Support: A Public Service Announcement
I want to thank everyone for their tremendous outpouring of support as I confront the very difficult task of putting my life back together in the wake of a seven-year marriage I never thought would end. But I’d also like…
Sixteen Days
I’m in Liberia, where my marriage just ended. It’s a long sad sordid tale of woe, to be told in full detail at some point when I’m feeling a little more stable. It’s 29 July in Liberia now, sixteen days…
Funhouse Mirrors
She looked at her arm and noticed the spot. It was a small spot, but darker than it should have been. Worth getting checked out. But before she even bothered to get it checked out, she knew what it was.…
Mo(u)rning
He wakes up alone, as he has done for fifty-five consecutive mornings. But it is different this time. The feel of the air, the emptiness, the texture and smell of the environs. He has been here before, repeatedly, and almost…
This is What I Get for Grandiose Titles
Some days are diamonds. Some days are rocks. And then there are those special unique days that manage to be both. That manage to be, dare I say it, the best and worst of all possible worlds, rolled into one.…