It’s October and it’s scary season and this time I’m more scared than ever as my life is as unstable as it’s ever been…I’ll face any guy in a hockey mask over the crushing reality of how little I have presently, any moaning spirit over my broken one, and any blood thirsty vampire over the […]

I’ve written this column from lots of different places and different situations, but this is a new one, the only time I have had to write this column one small half step away from homelessness. I came back from Tennessee with my health much worse off due to the nature of how I spent the […]

I’m not sure if it’s a complaint, and it certainly is not a boast, but in my forty plus years on this planet I’ve experienced pain beyond my years. Since my mid twenties I have had a variety of pain, mainly in the legs and back which was not able to be eliminated by conventional […]

A lot of these columns over the last couple of years or so seem to be on subjects such as change and loss. Perhaps it’s not so surprising, from 2020 on we’ve all dealt with tons of new ideas, new challenges, and new paths that have altered the world around us. Regardless of the ‘whys’ […]

Sometimes you do all you can do and it still is not enough… Last month I told you how I moved from Tennessee back to Illinois and how different it feels from one place to another. After the packing dust settled and being a month into this new chapter rather than preparing for it, I’d […]