#Pocalypso | Sometimes My Eyes Water and My Throat Tightens
2020-04-07 – Sometimes I cry. I could tell you that I’m getting “it,” but that’s not what’s going on. Sure, my eyes are watering and my throat feels tight. My […]
Tag Archives: Family
#Pocalypso | Our House Is a Very Nice House
2020-04-01 – Many years ago, I came up with an idea to have a day dedicated to truth telling. I called it Diogenes Day after the ancient Greek guy who […]
#Pocalypso | A Happy Birthday in Quaran-time
2020-03-31 – Kit “blew” out her birthday candles over Zoom. So, there are ways to celebrate a birthday when you’re under self-quarantine. We took the dog for a three-mile walk. […]
#Pocalypso | Brothers Sitting Together in Unity
2020-03-23 – Welcome to ‘Pocalypso. This second Monday of the shut down is not much different from Mondays I’ve celebrated for the last six years. I’ve been a telecommuter for […]
Playing Fetch With Yourself . . . If You’re a Dog
2020-01-06 – This is a picture of my dog Rebe trying to carry a stick that is larger than she is. Rebe is a rescue dog, so we don’t know […]
School Does About-Face on Preventing Kids from Playing in the Park
2019-09-26 – More thoughts while walking my dog Rebe in the park. Almost 25 years ago, we moved to our current house. Two of the biggest attractions were the school […]
Gender Is Located in Three Places
2019-03-04 – Gender is located in three places: between your legs, between your ears, and between you and me. There’s a fourth place where people like to situate gender: in […]
The Holidays Are All Downhill from Here
2018-12-03 – Our favorite day of the holiday season is the day that we go out to the country to cut down our tree. That was yesterday. The rest of […]
It’s Not the #MeToo Movement That’s Giving Men a Hard Time
2018-10-11 – If anyone is giving men and boys a hard time, it’s not the #MeToo movement. It’s the creeps who say that it is normal for men and boys to […]
I Have a Scar That Is 60 Years Old
2018-08-09 – The gash in my head took 6 stitches to close. I was 7 years old when it happened. I remember seeing light through a rectangular hole in something […]
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