My So Called Life
All the random ass shit that happens. Read at your own risk.
Day-to-day dispatches from a life that is technically ordinary and somehow never boring. Work problems, relationship observations, aging indignities, boundary violations, and the occasional moment of genuine clarity that makes all the rest of it worth it. The catch-all category for everything that doesn't fit neatly anywhere else — which, honestly, describes most of real life.-
When Your Mama Creates Airport Drama
Any time spent with my mother involves some level of drama. This time it was keeping her from spiraling in the airport drama.
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Back to Guatemala – International Adventures in Social Distancing
Clearing out the backlog of posts that never made it live. First up: diving into 2020 historical documents about my trip back to Guatemala.
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Sky-High Adventures in Social Distancing
I had the recent privilege of seeing the post-COVID situation at the local airports thanks to the ex asking our sons to fly out to New Jersey to spend a week with him. It all began innocently enough, I was sitting in my living room, Netflix was on, and I was reading a book on my Kindle. When my eldest son comes out from his room and tells me that he has received a text from his dad asking if they wanted to come out and visit him.
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COVID Diaries Day 200 – New Habits, New Normal?
What things do I wish that would stick around from the COVID experience? I came across this question on Twitter and it got me thinking. The comments, as expected, were divided between appreciation for the evolved human response to a pandemic, to the ignorant disdain for anything that required accepting any personal responsibility in preventing the spread of the virus.
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Love is Dead – Casualty of the Divorce
It wasn't just marriage that ended with the divorce. It was my belief in the concept of love.
