Once Around Again: Wishful Thinking
This episode of Once Around Again takes us back to 2009 - feelings of dread and hindsight showing it was all wishful thinking.
Improper Expectations
We had only been in Guatemala two weeks, and my mother had already asked me three times if I was happy to be here. And each time I gave her the same answer: Yes, I was happy to be here.
What Do You Know About Pressure?
The last three weeks of my work life have been rather intense. The feeling of being under a microscope is strong.
Die Hard 2 – Lie Harder by Omission
Observations on one of my favorite movies: Die Hard 2. I ask the questions about what happens after the credits roll and the McClane’s go off into the night together, leaving the carnage behind?
My So Called Summer – Part 1 – Riding the HOV Down Memory Lane
Drove back to Virginia to visit my BFF after a year apart. She'd changed after her stroke. I'd changed after the divorce. Absence did not make the heart grow fonder.




