If you feel like your fuse is a little shorter than usual, or if the sadness kicks in a little more frequently, or the anxiety has you feeling more wired, you are not alone. The past two years have left people worldwide feeling more stressed and depressed than ever. The pandemic year was hard enough….
Growing up Rural: Of Wood Sheds and Wood Piles
Every July, late in the month, we knew it was coming. A large green truck loaded with logs would back down the long tunnel of pines that lined our gravel driveway. It was, after all, upstate NY, and log trucks were a fairly common sight. It would back to a spot that Dad had all…
The Other Side
It’s been rainin’ in the mountains and the river’s on the rise.And we cannot hardly reach the other side.And the devil, he’s in trouble; I can see it in his eyes.If you don’t give him shelter, he won’t have no place to hide.The devil deals in dyin’ and he travels in a hearse.He treats you…
The Arc
An arc is defined as a continuous progression or a line of development. Webster’s Dictionary From time to time I like to read through the archives of my past writings. I have been writing in this blog for 21 years, which is crazy to me, and since it is currently January, it’s fun to scroll…