• 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

  • So bloody tired…

    So bloody tired…

    How can you find equanimity with cancer? Is it possible? Continue reading

  • Really. I’m fine.

    Really. I’m fine.

    Or not. It’s weird to feel protective of other people’s feelings. It’s odd to hold my feelings so close to the chest (haha….cancer is in the chest…get it?). If I didn’t have a little dark humor about this, it might kill me. Hell, it might kill me anyway. Or it might not. I might get… Continue reading

  • It’s cancer.

    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

  • 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

  • A glimpse of the other side

    I slipped under the veil for a split second. It was enough. Continue reading

  • You’re giving God a bad name

    This is why I get riled up over religious stickers on your car. (And no, this isn’t a war on Christmas.) Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

About Me

A writer and solitary soul in the mountains of Western North Carolina.