2018 Wish List
Happy New Year! Photos by Kyle Andrew I hope the festive season was good to you and those you hold in your heart. This year, we slowed things down for the holidays. We knew we wanted to try something different after a particularly maudlin 2017 Christmas, but this decision was [...]
No Mo November (On Surviving a Shitty Month)
I thought I was dying this November. I realize that's a dramatic statement, but when you've been around cancer as much as I have, the slightest ailment is a cause for panic. I was EXHAUSTED, so much so that I demanded a full blood panel from my doc. I've been [...]
Postcards From Vegas
Monday: The airplane window is cool against my forehead. I know the vast expanse of black below is the desert and I wish it were light outside so I could see it. The inky void gives me the same sick, small feeling as the ocean. Little lights and street grids [...]
Total Eclipse
I'm having one of those forget-to-pack-your-underwear, take-the-wrong-keys, leave-your-cell-phone-at-a-coffee-shop kind of weeks. I suppose it's okay, because all of the heavy-duty brain power was required on Monday and Tuesday. What's not okay is how badly I want to be my kids, with nothing to really do but try to fill the [...]
Summer of Love
I guess it would be nice to let you know next time before I vanish. Okay, how about this? What if I promise to post once a week? If we set up some expectations, and deadlines, I think I can commit. Wednesdays are a great day. What if I promise [...]
May Rambling
The blossoms and bulbs in my garden insist that Spring is here, but the temperature has yet to get on board with this plan. I'm itching to get out there to weed and tidy up, but at the moment I've got a giant, gauze-wrapped foot preventing me from doing more [...]