Today was the icing on the cake. Jack McCoy died. Jack McCoy has been in my possession since last year in October/November when Austin and I were in South Carolina. He moved us from SC to Los Angeles to come help out a pal and we ended up staying. He had been faithful, only hiccuping […]
I answered these questions back in 2009/2010 and it is amazing to go back and see what has changed and, funnily, what has not. It’s a fun and quick reflective game. I think I will aim to do one every few months, every quarter, to see what changes or disappears from my life. Let’s go… […]
Strength runs through the steel that is your backbone, holding you up when all else around that spine is collapsing from exhaustion, fatigue, over-stimulation and no rest. They say there is no rest for the weary, but they forget that a heart cannot beat in isolation for a long a time as expected or as […]
A hammer against your ribcage, and your insides are roiling with trepidation, as the squeeze on your heart pushes out, at last, the final vestiges of what once bubbled over in yellow and splashes of brilliantly hued emotions and colors. The hammer knocks a bit out of you each time, and, unexpectedly, your fire gets […]
When you sit down and think about where you’ve been, it may come as a surprise to realize how many versions of you there have been. I miss being in high school in Kenya, where the only things that mattered were that letter from an admirer at a neighboring boy’s school, Drama Club competitions, and […]
It has been a whirlwind of emotions lately, unexpectedly jarred into place by the unpredicted, clarity about it all suddenly coming into focus. Missing your voice, your time and your energy.
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