I've been working on my book recently about my life with depression. This is a sample from one of the early chapters. I planned to open a woodstove store and not become a chimney sweep. The year was 1976 and renewable resources were becoming the newest fad. Heating with wood was in, and I wanted to be a part of that. My plan was to open a wood stove store and sell stoves … [Read more...] about The Time When I Was Jack Strawcastle, Master Chimney Sweep
Why Does JetBlue Keeps Pushing Back Our Return Flight?
First, we were to get to Dulles around 8:00 PM. This would put us home around 10 or 10:30 PM. Not so bad. Now the Jet Blue flight doesn’t leave the gate until 8:30 PM. We get in after 10 PM. By the time I collect my wife’s luggage and we drive home, it will be after midnight. I suppose it could be worse. With the unpredictable weather patterns currently, there could be … [Read more...] about Why Does JetBlue Keeps Pushing Back Our Return Flight?
Why Was My Therapist Chuckling At What I Said?
Ok, the joke was on me. I had just stated that I was feeling funny writing about depression when I wasn’t feeling depressed. This must have caught my therapist off guard. She was chuckling to herself, but the smile on her face gave her away. It is important to know which side you are seeing. I was seeing a side of her she rarely lets out. My therapist has been a rock, and … [Read more...] about Why Was My Therapist Chuckling At What I Said?
Hurry Up And Wait
I don’t understand why things seem so hard right now. Once again, I am so close to the finish line, but I cannot get past it. I can see the end from here. I knowwhat it would feel like, how it would smell. Heck, I even know what it would taste like. But I am stuckhere, twiddling my thumbs, as I wait for something to happen. Having been in a holding pattern for a while, … [Read more...] about Hurry Up And Wait
Surprise, It’s April Fool’s Day
When the kids were young, they had a standing April Fool’s joke. One of them would get a rubber band. Then, they would twist the rubber band around the sprayer onthe kitchen sink. When I would use the sink, their trick would get me. Turning on the faucet would nowturn on the kitchen sink sprayer. And then I was surprised. Every year, I would be sprayed with water. And … [Read more...] about Surprise, It’s April Fool’s Day
