Mental illness is a chronic disease. Anyone who has lived with it in any capacity knows that it is as real and pervasive as cancer. I’ve...

My uncle Jon will be taking his last breath any moment, if he has not already. He will do it in Thailand, the country of his emotional...

Given the amount of time that I spent studying world religions, I ought to have a better grasp on them than I do. That said, the texts...

Today was my daughter’s ballet recital. It has happened every year, in pretty much the same way, for the last 7 years. But this year felt...

I love it when dinner with a friend feeds your soul as much as your belly. Lazy evenings with a friend – or few friends – in which we get...

There is really no such thing as independent film. Just a thought, but what a thought. This thought is a bit puzzling, coming from a man...

Today was one of those days. And I needed that. It was one of those days in which one thing after another just went hay-fucking-wire. And...

NOTE: The recipe is at the end of the story – you can scroll down and cut to the pie if you want… When I was 20 or 21 (or some such age...

I don’t make fried chicken all that often, despite the begging and pleading of my daughter who is pretty well convinced that we should...

I love a good catch-phrase. A good mantra can rock my world. And oh daddy, the hard smack of a good platitude knocks me off my ass like...

In a small community shaken by shocking violence that left a beloved turtle in critical condition, and a notoriously violent scorpion...

You know the song, “don’t go changing, to try and please me…..”   It’s stuck in my head these days, but I want to change the lyrics....

There are a lot of things that I’m really good at. Anything involving paperwork, bookkeeping and organization is not amongst them....

If you’ve been following along with this saga then you know that I have a badly broken neck. I’m not sure there’s such thing as a...

Continuing my tradition of being about 10 years late to any trend, I am currently watching all of The L Word and Sex and The City while...

Yesterday’s odyssey down the Hellish Brick Road that is the insurance industry yielded a few tips and pointers worth sharing. And, of...

Like many people, I’m pretty appalled at the state of our Health Care system, especially insurance and pharmaceutical companies. My...

I’m sure Matty will know that he inspired this post, at this moment anyway. And he did. But the truth is, it’s one I’ve been meaning to...

I’m 40. It seems like 15 years ago, all of my friends were getting married. 10 years ago everyone was having babies. Now it seems like...

I was talking with a friend today about the difference between being generous and being helpful. I think that the two are often confused,...