The Cemetery Panteón Santa Paula

What makes this cemetery remarkable to me are the walls and walls of remains interred seven stories high.

A Loss Hard to Express

Tara and I had a terrible loss this year.

OYL October 26

Just last night I had another COVID dream. It was apocalyptic.

Death is Complicated

We are all still living in the middle of a pandemic, and we are still figuring out ways to get through it.

A loved Trulove

She was 92 when she complained to me, “Everybody here is old.”

Stuck with a needle and burst

If the point of art is to connect to people …or any of a number of remarkable human responses to effective art… You have done it.

July 4th Road Trip – Part II: Warhawk Air Museum

Though I had suggested the museum stop as a way to placate the boys, I ended up really enjoying it, and wished there was more time to spend exploring.

Year-old Texts

I miss my Mom.

Death, Prom, Japan and other minor happenings in my life

I choose to engage with everything that comes along. I feel all the requisite emotions (and then some), I participate whenever possible, and you guessed it: I am often exhausted.

How Do I Let Go?

Arno and I are getting to know each other still. And we will continue to, of course, for years to come. He has seen that deeply personal messages sent originally to him will sometimes end up in a public forum. He said he’s realizing that <in his words> I am a writer, and a writer […]