Something amazing happened a few days ago. I learned that ABBA – yes *that* ABBA, the group that began with forgettable hummable bubble gum pop songs but graduated into a…Continue readingThe once and future ABBA…
…and I was invited to play in a nice new sandbox recently – to recommend five books, with a common theme of my choosing. I picked “unforgettable women”, and chose…Continue readingThere’s always reading to do…
You all probably know full well the so-called five stages of grief: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But what fails to be understood, generally, is that it…Continue readingWhat stage am I at, again?
You know, the place where I live has been known as the “pacific northWET” for a reason – it’s supposed to rain here all the time, it’s supposed to be…Continue readingRaining again….
It’s weird, but grieving is… waiting. It’s waiting for the minutes to add up to an hour, for hours to add up to a day, for days to string together…Continue readingWaiting
A friend took me out to a place called Camano Island last week – I’d seen signs for that turnoff on the highway for years and kept on meaning to…Continue readingI pickled a key…
The Last Moment: 14 July 2021 Deck’s last jump I am a creature who lives stretched across time. I can remember vividly things that took place decades ago –…Continue readingThe Last Moment
For those who follow this page and this blog in any consistent fashion at all, you might remember this post – the day I first encountered the wolves down in…Continue readingThe Day of the Wolf, Reprise