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Normaltown

The number of days left that we will still live in this house now equal the number of years we’ve been here. …

Carpe Diem

Today is my son’s birthday. Quite a few of them have gone unremarked in this space, but never have they been unremembered. …

Why I Remember…

It’s easy. Because my friends are dead. There are those who never came home, and those who did and never made it …

Make it count

As I tap these words into my telephone, a friend of mine is in very serious condition, and there is a very …

That Moment When…

Last week, my publisher and I looked at a lot of pretty pictures. No, we weren’t surfing pr0n, but for a writer …

Into the Mystic

I got a bit of unexpected good news in my inbox last night. It seems that one of my short pieces has …

From the depths inside

I’ve been having wheelchair dreams since I was in high school. If you’ve read one of my dream world stories before, you …

Reflections

It’s been an odd month here at the casa. I almost blogged many times. Almost. Why I didn’t is a matter of …

The Empty Set

For the last 41 years, the third Sunday in June has been officially recognized as Fathers Day in the United States. Many …