

The Quest for Comfort
I have had a week my friends. It was the kind of week that grinds you into submission so that, by the very end of it, all you can do is...


Too Much/Not Enough
I’ve been struggling lately. First of all, I should probably say that there’s nothing wrong with my life. Actually, everything is...


Obsession
As you might have guessed from a previous post, I have something of an obsession with true crime. It’s not exactly a new love. I’ve...


It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...April
It’s been a while, and so much has changed. Not the weather, but just about everything else. When last I updated this thing I was...
A Bad Case of the Shoulds
Winter has returned with a vengeance. Like any good Vermonter, I was fully expecting this. Winter does not give up the ghost up here...


Who the Hell am I?
This one might get a little rambly, so stick with me. I have now been unemployed for 2 months. This is the longest I have ever gone...


Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
I didn’t write anything today. I barely read a couple pages of a book while sitting in a dental office waiting room. (OK, I did get my...
Guns
I grew up in rural Vermont, and, after 16 years living elsewhere, I’ve come home. My community is diverse in terms of values,...
Searching For...
…No, not a publisher. Though I’m always sort of searching for a way to get my writing out there, that’s not what I’m talking about this...


The Sky is Falling
Some days are just not my days, and Tuesday was one of those days. Everything that I had been working so hard to juggle flew out of my...