We spent last week in Big Sur and IT WAS AWESOME. On Sunday, after avoiding it for as long as possible, I checked my voicemail and found the following: “This is so-and-so. My number is xyz-123-abcd. My other number is bla-deb-lahd. {pause, pause, pause, exasperated sigh} I have a position to get filled and you need to call me back ASAP.” I sat there for a second, played it back, listened again and then promptly mumbled, ‘good fucking luck with…
On Friday I stepped foot in church after more than a year. It went okay so I went back on Sunday making for a grand total of the most I’ve attended church in over three years. You might be thinking whoop-de-do so she went to church. NEXT! But it’s actually a big deal for me because I used to go to church every Sunday and loved it. But then I dated a pastor for almost ten years. For more than…
Synopsis of the past 120 hours: Friday 3:30pm: I let B.Franklin out the back door and get a whiff of barf. Thinking the people downstairs have gone back to the partying I run back inside before I meet my Waterloo. Friday 5:30pm: B.Franklin wants back inside. I open the back door, sure enough barf smell is still there. Maybe it’s not the neighbors? It’s hot so I stick my head in Frank’s condo to check for rotting bird carcass. Nada.…
Last year I did the unthinkable and cut my wardrobe in half. It was a long time coming and a brutal process, but kicked off a season of purging in my life. After it was underway I realized it was happening across the board, like a snowball effect. The ultimate cleanse. Prior to getting sick I started to revamp this site. Combing through old content left me tired and, at times, disgusted. The overall theme was buy, cry about how…