Have you ever been around people who bring out the best in you? I don’t mean just anyone you like. I like some people. I have friends with whom I enjoy spending time. They complement me in an additive way while not quite reaching the fundamental me. They bring things into my life that are […]

Seattle bound, in a small metal tube with about 300 hopefully COVID-free individuals. It’s weird to say this, and probably a complete fallacy, but I feel safer on a flight from Albuquerque to Seattle with a bunch of folks from states where the percentage of vaccinated people is high than I would, say, on a […]

I recently read a very smart single person’s blog, and they said that when you put the self-love vibe out there, others will pick up on it. When I last spoke at you, dear Ghost friend, I was bemoaning my lack of confidence and interview savviness and generally wielding the mental self-flagellation equivalent of a […]

I’ve always wanted to collect people’s stories. I’ve droned on at length in a couple of previous posts about feeling untethered and without roots my whole life. I’ve also expressed my fascination with how other people live since I’ve had little guidance in that area. I want to know about you, why you do the […]

Miracle of miracles, my prospective new boss from the train-wreck job interview I had last week (you can read that ridiculous claptrap in a previous post) called me to “chat” yesterday. Let me just get this disclaimer out of the way: this doesn’t mean I got the job. It is encouraging, however, if a little […]

A long time ago, I wrote a thing. I wish I still had it, but it’s gone the way of so many things I’ve lost over the years through a dozen moves and spontaneous purges of stuff. It was probably terrible, but I still remember the way I felt when I wrote it. I was […]

Is there anything as demoralizing as a job interview? Man, they sure are for me. Granted, I haven’t done many, and maybe that’s part of the problem. But I really wanted this job. Really. Under normal circumstances it’s impossible to shut me up. Talking to people comes pretty easily to me. I’m not even half […]

Well, we’ve had some absolute shit weather here the last few days. I don’t mean it rained or snowed or hailed or was windy. Nope, that would be interesting weather. We had 100 degree days with no breeze and stifling wildfire smoke. I live right at the base of a 10,000 foot mountain, and the […]

Puppyhood is short. Out of a dog’s life, puppyhood lasts less than a year, about 1/12th of a dogs life, or about 8%. For humans, puppyhood is a bit longer, but still a tiny part of our lives. If I live to be 100, and you define childhood as ending at sexual maturity, then my […]

I’ve lost my appetite. Anyone who even remotely knows me probably knows that I never miss a meal unless there are some seriously extenuating circumstances, that my breakfast or snack or lunch are carefully and dutifully packed whenever I leave home for more than 5 minutes, and that I adore food. The grocery store is […]