Monthly Archives: April 2013

Lately suicide has been on my mind. Don’t panic, not that kind of “on my mind”. What I mean is over at least the last couple years there’s been a heightened social awareness of it. Campaigns such as “It Gets … Continue reading →

My son, my youngest child, turned 18 this weekend. Based on a conversation we had and some cryptic, “no context for you” Facebook posts I gather he’s having a pretty rough time of it. I’m not sure why he isn’t … Continue reading →

Years ago, well a couple decades actually but…,anyway. Years ago I lived with this couple in Portland. I’ll call them Sam and Diane. They were hopelessly and eternally in love. Sam, in fact, was so head over heels that it … Continue reading →