Grateful 2019

November 25, 2019

I’ve been away from this on purpose. Call it a self-imposed exile, call it writers block, Hell call it whatever the heck you want. Short story long, I’ve been dealing with some heavy stuff. While that’s all fun and good, it dawned on me that one way to get back to the blog would be […]

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Adieu 2018

December 31, 2018

I have been away for a long time and it has been on purpose. While 2018 started out relatively calm, the only way for me to categorize the back half of the year is simply “Annus Horribilis” (which for those keeping score is Latin for “shitty year”). Now don’t get me wrong, there were several […]

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Veterans Day 2018

November 11, 2018

Veterans Day and the centennial of the end of WW1. Today we thank our Veterans and ruminate on the ending of the “War to End All Wars”. It seems a bit commercialized and yet something that a majority of people in the U.S. and abroad should always remember. Our country, our freedoms, our faiths, our […]

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On Death and Dying

October 8, 2018

My dearest Katherine, A writer, who’s more famous than you Dad, once wrote “Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes”. He is right, and it absolutely sucks. You see, it’s my job to protect you and I can’t help but think that I’ve failed a bit […]

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#7Songs – Number Five

July 22, 2018

#7Songs – Number Five The soundtrack of our lives is one big mixtape of emotions. Joy and sadness, love and loss, triumph and failure. It’s unique to the individual and takes us back to those moments. Like pushing on a deep bruise, the music reminds us of a time when we were young, made and […]

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