It started with my tics.
Twilight Zone
It shouldn’t surprise me that my stepmother’s death left a hole behind, an empty spot, and a searing memory of my own mother’s death.
It shouldn’t surprise me that my stepmother’s death left a hole behind, an empty spot, and a searing memory of my own mother’s death.
Anger Is an Energy
Content warning: Old, obscure rock lyrics.
Content warning: Old, obscure rock lyrics.
Antisocial Distance
I find myself backing up, stepping away. I want to say "too close" or "give me some space".
I find myself backing up, stepping away. I want to say “too close” or “give me some space”.
Reentry Into the World
Like every other recent death, I learned about Scott’s on Facebook. It’s my only tie to my old world.
Like every other recent death, I learned about Scott’s on Facebook. It’s my only tie to my old world.
Mosquitoes, Compost and Pizza
With mosquitos swarming 24/7, our back yard became a fairly useless place.
With mosquitos swarming 24/7, our back yard became a fairly useless place.
Puzzles
You didn’t really give away those puzzles, did you?
You didn’t really give away those puzzles, did you?
The Ugliest Trees in the World
We’re on to the next chapter of the thoroughly effed-up 2020s. A decade destined to be the worst of the modern era. Pandemic, riots, autocracy, censorship; now, a new war in Europe.
we’re on to the next chapter of the thoroughly effed-up 2020s. A decade destined to be the worst of the modern era. Pandemic, riots, autocracy, censorship; now, a new war in Europe.
These Songs of Freedom
The world needs more of this—forgiveness, a second chance, an opportunity for redemption.
The world needs more of this—forgiveness, a second chance, an opportunity for redemption.
The Truth
In the future, no one will look at the past seven years with humor. Only regret.
In the future, no one will look at the past seven years with humor. Only regret.
Too Old for HIIT
In my mind, I’ve rebranded the class High Impact Interval Training—better suited for thirty-year-olds than sixty-year-olds.
In my mind, I’ve rebranded the class High Impact Interval Training—better suited for thirty-year-olds than sixty-year-olds.
Kill the First Line
When I took my first writing class back in the nineties, two pieces of advice stuck with me. Look for your shimmering images and kill the first line.
When I took my first writing class back in the nineties, two pieces of advice stuck with me. Look for your shimmering images and kill the first line.
My Tell
I have a dozen of these tics and twitches that show up when I’m feeling stress or discomfort.
I have a dozen of these tics and twitches that show up when I’m feeling stress or discomfort.
The Calm and the Storm
I have an annoying habit. Actually, I’ve got dozens of annoying habits, but I’m only writing about one of them.
I have an annoying habit. Actually, I’ve got dozens of annoying habits, but I’m only writing about one of them.
Stimming
Tics and stimming can be the exact same movements and sounds, the difference, it seems to me, is the motivation—voluntary v. involuntary.
Tics and stimming can be the exact same movements and sounds, the difference, it seems to me, is the motivation—voluntary v. involuntary.
Write on Schedule
I never know what I’ll write until the typing starts.
I never know what I’ll write until the typing starts.