Source “Well, it looks like we're going to be a while,” the forty-something man said as he hung up the emergency phone in the elevator. “What did they say?” The professional woman was anxious. “They said

photo and sketch by author The weight of the world sat on our shoulders. We understood that it’s not our job to right the wrongs of the rest of the world in known history. It was only our job to decide

Photo by Raspopova Marina on Unsplash There are times in your life when you know you’ll never be the same again. When you know you can’t go backwards. “Before and after” moments. Turning points. Rights

My feline friend Max died the other day. He was suffering from aggressive form of colon cancer, and there was nothing we could do for him. There's a lot more to the story than that, of course, but that's

Wow, the army was stupid. But at least I learned my way around the bush... .... This is not me. Maybe. Photo by Pavel Yakhant on Unsplash ..... Ft. Bliss, Texas, sits at the foot of the Franklin mountain

A simple step by step of a black and white drawing with a pen.

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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Who hates idle chatter? Me too. Anyone else despise small talk? Polite conversation with people you’re paying to do stuff? Yeah. It sucks. I don’t really wanna have

International Fountain Pen Day! Fountain pens are a connection to our literary past. The look and feel of a shiny metal nib on smooth paper is unlike any other experience.

Photo by Yusuf Belek on Unsplash There is clearly some magic between us. The way she gazes longingly into my uvula, gently pulling my lips out of the way to insert her hook. She scrapes away, teasing and

Do you know how many fleeting thoughts pass through your existence that are never to be seen again? Some you're vaguely aware of, some are marginal, peripheral feelings that are present for mere microseconds.

A personal introduction.