“Here’s story of a man named Bradley…” Okay, okay, I’ll stop there. The first episode of the Brady Bunch aired September 26, 1969, just two days before my 6th birthday. The series ended when I was ten and the show went into syndication almost immediately. When you think of all the hours I spent watching […]
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Sunshine Day!
Didn’t have time to write a post today, but felt the need to post something. If you’re feeling blue, here’s a great song to get your toes tapping. One of my favorites.
Weekly Wrap-Up May 9, 2016
Mood What a difference a week makes. As you may recall, the week before last was pure hell because of depression. The worst I’ve had in a long time. I was hoping it would be better this week, but Monday morning was much worse. It was terrible. However, when I woke up Tuesday morning, I […]
Mothers Day
I wrote this tribute to my mom in May 2008.It’s all still true 8 years later It wasn’t easy growing up in my household. I don’t remember my dad at home much and moms moods were unpredictable. I’m not sure what was wrong with Mom mentally, but I know she was frequently depressed. Sometimes she’d […]
Rapid Cycling Throwback Thursday
I’m Rapid Cycling, But I Don’t Own a Bike Today’s Throwback Thursday on rapid cycling was first published in April, 2008. I’m still riding rapid I’m special. Not only that, I’m special amongst the special. To top that I’m actually special amongst those who are special amongst the special. What the hell am I talking […]
Loneliness
Despite my horrible memory, I can easily recall the loneliest moment of my life. It was the afternoon of September 28, 2003 in Studio City, California. It was my 40th birthday. I had no friends to help me celebrate. The people who I called my friends were nothing more than drinking buddies. Since I was […]
Boredom
When I was a kid I suffered from boredom all the time. The laundromat was hell on earth. I’m the youngest of seven kids, so you can imagine that a large part of my mom’s life, and therefore mine, was spent at the laundromat. The hours seemed excruciatingly long. The thrill of watching clothes swirl […]
Weekly Wrap-Up May 2, 2016
Mood Monday I felt l was getting better. More balanced. I was wrong. My depression worsened. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I was in a very dark place. While I have been hit with depression dramatically longer, they aren’t as frequent as they use to be and therefore catch me off-guard. The positive is that […]
Losing Your Sense of Self Redux
. Today’s Throwback Thursday, “Losing Your Sense of Self” was originally posted in August 2013. I still struggle with maintaining a sense of self, but I’ve come a very long way. Losing Your Sense of Self A fellow blogger forwarded me an article published in April in the New York Times Magazine. The article was […]
Starting Over
Nebraska Here I Come At 25 yrs old I decided I needed a change in my life. Because it was an easy transfer with my company, I chose to move to Nebraska from North Carolina. I made a bunch of changes without a plan for starting over. My life there was no better or worse…just […]