Hopeful in spite of the facts
Hopeful in spite of the facts
Content Warning: Mentions of trafficking and sexual assault, but no descriptive content. It was Maria who made it clear to me that my middle-class sensibilities would not survive working on the streets among the unhoused community. Maria was a natural…
My father was self-educated and a voracious reader, and was attracted to proverbs. I do not mean the book in the Bible found after the Psalms, purportedly written by King Solomon, but rather short pithy wisdom statements of the sort…
Trying to make any money as an independent writer is tough these days. Especially if you have scruples. And I do. I don’t want people who read my stuff to be baraged by pop-up ads, videos that start playing automatically,…
It’s 5:30 AM, and the sky is still dark outside, but not as dark as it was 15 minutes ago when I woke up. As I write this, it’s Friday, but it really doesn’t matter, as most days, the same…
There is a popular internet meme that makes the round from time to time that says something to the effect of, “You are going to be too much for some people. But it’s OK – those are not your people”.…
If you spend enough time in the weirder parts of the Internet, you probably know the admonition to “touch grass”. Basically, it is most often used in response to someone who is really out there – who has spent way…
100 things I love – a not-exhaustive list. A cup of coffee in a quiet house, before anyone else wakes up. The sound birds make just before dawn. Windchimes A breeze on a hot day Gravy Coming over a hill…
When I was 15, I wrote a short story. It wasn’t very good. But as a first story, it was awesome. I showed it to three people, desperate for validation. They were all concerned about how violent it was, and…
My first car was a 1971 Ford Torino. It had two keys – one for the ignition and one for the doors. The keys, when I got the car in 1987, were already 16 years old, and functioned perfectly. The…
The biggest problem with a new office? Desk Placement.