Excavating
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
I am now an archeologist. I suppose that all of us become archeologists at some point in our lives, excavating the site(s) of our parent(s) lives and deaths. Within, we find some clues to our own beginnings.
Today, I spent the better part of the...
Today, I spent the better part of the...
I am not a bad person
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 13 hours later | 4 comments
In fact I'm a person of integrity. A person of honor. A person who attempts to keep her word.
That's why I am staggered, devastated, amazed about the most recent turn of events in my rather, um, interesting life.
My mother died last Friday. The...
That's why I am staggered, devastated, amazed about the most recent turn of events in my rather, um, interesting life.
My mother died last Friday. The...
Learning more about dementia
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 19 hours later | 0 comments
The notion of Alzheimer's scares the living crap out of me. Being a relatively high-functioning individual whose livelihood depends on intellectual agility, the thought of cognitive decline is terrifying.
That's why when my mother finally goes,...
That's why when my mother finally goes,...
On death and dying (or being a sandwich filling)
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 days later | 0 comments
My mother is 81, and since April 13, she has been hospitalized.
My mother is also a diabetic who has been in tremendous denial about her physical state for years. Three years ago, upon my pressing her, she hired a geriatric "care manager" (an...
My mother is also a diabetic who has been in tremendous denial about her physical state for years. Three years ago, upon my pressing her, she hired a geriatric "care manager" (an...
Faith in politics
posted over 4 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 0 comments
Democrats.org has a post called "Letter from Evangelical Leaders to Polling and Political Directors of Media Outlets Represented in the National Election Pool" that's worth checking out... Personally, I find this refreshing, especially because I...
Narcissism
posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
Been thinking a lot about this topic. Been thinking about it in terms of people in general ... of gay men I've known (and been married to) ... of certain people in general ... of American society ... of the current "administration" in D.C. and...
Big butts and dishwashers don't mix
posted over 4 years ago, updated 5 minutes later | 3 comments
Thanksgiving Day, just at the height of the crazed cooking frenzy, I started my very-full dishwasher. I have a small kitchen, and I usually run the thing a couple of times during preparation of the meal so we don't have to gaze on a sink piled...
November 17
posted over 4 years ago | 1 comment
This is the 13th anniversary of my grandmother's death. Anniversary reactions are strange animals; some years they don't really impact me, but other years -- like this year -- I got sucker punched right between the eyes. I guess it's the...
Boobs
posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
I've got ta-tas on my mind lately.
No, not that way. I'm really not that way.
I have two friends who are battling breast cancer. I lost my beloved grandmother to it in 1994.
My friend Janice lives in southern California. She's kind of a...
No, not that way. I'm really not that way.
I have two friends who are battling breast cancer. I lost my beloved grandmother to it in 1994.
My friend Janice lives in southern California. She's kind of a...
Sad Day
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 2 comments
Happy Halloween.
Meh.
Two nights ago my ancient Siamese cat, Max, yarped up his dinner and with it some blood clots. He hasn't been doing well for the past six months or so -- thyroid issues, arthritis, recurring eye infections. About three...
Meh.
Two nights ago my ancient Siamese cat, Max, yarped up his dinner and with it some blood clots. He hasn't been doing well for the past six months or so -- thyroid issues, arthritis, recurring eye infections. About three...
