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Landslide, Part Two

My father's arrival in my life precipitated an unraveling. I associated it with him then but I know now that this is just the way of...

The Sky is Falling

Image credit Pixiewinks Wineskins 101. What of guidance and angels and reassurance from energies beyond what we perceive? I can't speak...

Icarus

Photo by Larry Mars Weather Report Last Sunday the earth moved in and whispered a secret into the moon’s left ear. Did you hear? The Sun,...

So Fucking Special

Diagnosed Mortal #17 This is a particularly difficult bit of personal business that reared its head in unearthing what I wrote years ago....

Today I'll Buy No Sorrows

Banner photo credit: Larry Mars Diagnosed Mortal #14 In this episode I delicately dip my toe into the subject of atonement. While as a...

Death Phobia 101

Diagnosed Mortal #10 This post is about the consequence of not talking about difficult things. In truth, talking about things not usually...

At Home we're Not Lost

Diagnosed Mortal #8 This essay explores using the word lost when referring to a person who had died and just what that turn of phrase...

All in All is All We Are

Diagnosed Mortal #2 This post is concerned with stuff...What is to be done with it after we die? Millions of people are confronting this...

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