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Life, as I know it
This is my last weekend of a rather normal life for awhile, and it’s going to be full of housecleaning, laundry, and general organization. It isn’t what I want to be doing, but it’s necessary. It’s going to take a lot of coffee to get through all of it! Since Stephanie died, I have been… Continue reading
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Advanced Directives and Other Fun Topics
This weekend I need to do a hard thing. I need to complete an advanced directive and living will so that I can make the decisions now rather than leave them for my loved ones later. Most likely it would be Sean making all the decisions, and I don’t want to leave him in that… Continue reading
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It’s cancer.
This is a sort of chronology of my diagnosis. I’ll be writing down my feelings about all this over time, as well as documenting my journey. Continue reading
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A bit of writing
Every now and then I come across a piece of my writing and it makes me think I could make a go of it. Don’t read anything into this passage. I wrote it in early 2019, probably in the middle of the night. It’s just a little sample. The Canyon He leaned over the iron… Continue reading
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Capital punishment.
Hello my friends. This is a long but important post. I hope you’ll read it through. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my values lately. In the course of my life, I’ve made many decisions that took me down this road or that one, but having been tossed by the waves for the… Continue reading
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They should be here.
Please give my friend Chrissi a read. Today would have been her daughter Sophie’s 12th birthday. Sophie and her little sister Madigan died in a fire 6 years ago, but Chrissi is bringing together the community to build a memorial park for her girls. Such beautiful girls. Such a sweet family. Life isn’t fair. 💔🎈💕… Continue reading
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Time and emotion.
A lot has happened lately and it’s weighing me down. I have to find a way to shake it off. Maybe a walk. Maybe a getaway. I’ve been in two accidents within a couple of weeks of each other. First time in almost 30 years I’ve had an accident. One was a true accident. My… Continue reading
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I am a River.
Strength in the depths. Strength in change. Ever moving, even when it wants to stop. I am a river, only it’s River with a capital R, because I’ve been known online as Riverpoet since … well, the 90s. My next tattoo will say that — “I am a River.” I’m trying to decide on the… Continue reading
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What do you want from life?
I hate cleaning, but I was cleaning today out of sheer necessity while unpacking some electronics. I tackled the dust as I went. As I went from task to task, I found myself clutching a white cloth that was getting progressively dirtier as I cleaned the entertainment stand and polished piece by black plastic-and-metal piece… Continue reading
About Me
A writer and solitary soul in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
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