Jesus Christ I feel fucking crazy. Like actually fucking bipolar. I’ve never experienced feeling every single emotion that ever existed all in one day. Part of me feels stupid for even crying- t...

One billion taxpayer dollars being forced through without a vote for a so-called privately-funded ballroom that less than 100 US citizens will ever see inside, while thousands (millions?) of cit...

The weirdest thing about how around the bend on materialism we are is that, like, if you want your children to end up good people, the easiest way to make sure that never happens is to be ri...

I, the Mask was a great album. I even wanted to make a D&D villain of sorts from the album cover. The idea was that there was people dying and every time they would see this grim reaper ty...

It was a long day. There were several big name artists moving about the theater. I was already a nervous wreck because I wasn’t sure if my voice would hold up. I made it thru soundcheck and en...

I wanna love... I wanna live... I still have so much left to give... Now I'm alone in a world of gloom... Abandoned here in my little room... So much water underneath that bridge... Water...

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! (I did nothing.) If Thursday goes well, I might hang out with New Friend Friday & be able to do the Mother’s Day breakfast at the senior center on Sunday. I need to rem...

My eyes have seen far too much... their heavy and full of years... never more to feel the touch... never more to know... it's raining here... a perfect Tuesday afternoon... her birthday is...

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¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! if you celebrate. This may surprise you, but it’s not much of a holiday here in Mexico. Believe it or not, Taco Tuesday isn’t a big deal here, either. Today is just Tues...

“According to psychology the greatest form of peace is to have zero desire to be understood, pitied, admired, or even known.” I keep bumping into people I haven’t seen for a decade or more. Peo...

Dear A, Today’s swim was later than usual, so I found myself among a different crowd. The pool was quiet, and I had a lane to myself. Lately, I’ve been improving my technique, even borrowing tip...

We had a very lazy Sunday. Up until 11:00 a.m., I thought K.’s girlfriend was still around, because she hadn’t texted me to tell me that she had left, like she had the previous day. I am not hid...

It began on a crisp morning, just after fog had lifted off the hills like a spirit finally letting go. Ma had ventured out of the holler on a quiet errand, fetching dried sumac and a spool of b...

Previously on The Gays of our Lives… I reconnected with my cousin, who was finally in a good place. He got a new job serving kids in community up north, and moved into a new place with a friend...