I broke down tonight. After a movie, at a friend’s house with twelve other people. I didn’t see it coming but I felt it happening. The dining room was cramped, and hot. We were all gathered around the table playing a card game meant for fewer people. I lost. Someone pointed out my loss and… Read More Alone
He’s been gone 105 days now, we’ve just over 20 left. And so I wait. Anxiously every day, just a little closer to our reunion. The nights feel especially long lately. They drag on and on, dark and lonely. My days, just an in between, something to count. Our infrequent phone calls have changed a bit, instead of… Read More I Wait
April 7th to April 12th I went on a pilgrimage to see some presidential memorials through the north east and mid North America with my dearest friend. 2,411 miles $267.52 spent on 10 tanks of gas $40 something in toll fees 10 Presidential Memorials 7 States 6 Capitol Cities 5 Days 4 Nights 3 exceptional… Read More Presidential Pilgrimage 2013
As I have written before, I am a Patriot; I love my country and I believe in my government and I don’t hate my president. Well, at least I was a patriot. I am losing my faith and my confidence in my government to govern. Every three months there is another fiscal crisis threatening my… Read More America the Broken
A thin layer of sawdust covers everything. I can feel it on my teeth, in my nose. It has a clean taste, gritty and bland. Daddy says we have to get it all and hands me the compressor hose. He sets to clearing out the scrap wood while I spray the shop and sweep. I asked him… Read More The Library (8-25-12)
