Apr 6, 2021Member-onlyLonging and DesireAlong with pretty much everyone I know, my husband and I recently finished the fourth season of The Crown on Netflix. Maybe it was being in eternal lockdown in Los Angeles and very limited to zero extracurricular activities (travel, play parties, bars, restaurants, a sporadic threesome, etc.), but I was…Longing10 min readLonging10 min read
May 17, 2020Member-onlyJust Another FrogI once heard a man in his mid-fifties sharing at an AA meeting as he opened with an amusing story about his particular morning. He said he woke up like any other day, got out of bed and stretched a little before making his way into the kitchen. While he…Amputation5 min readAmputation5 min read
Apr 13, 2020Member-onlyFirst Week Check-InIt’s been seven days since my No Complaining, No Criticizing thirty-day experiment and I am pretty impressed thus far with my success. I also feel better emotionally, feel more positive about the near future and have less despair despite there being no changes in outside circumstances or events. Covid-19 is…3 min read3 min read
Apr 6, 2020Member-onlyMy Thirty Day ExperimentWhat if I stopped complaining for thirty days? What if I stopped criticizing for that same amount of time? What if I made the decision to be kind, compassionate and happy with myself, my spouse and everyone else for one month? Can I even do it? Just the thought of…Self Improvement10 min readSelf Improvement10 min read
Oct 30, 2019Member-onlyI won my first wet T-shirt contest on Sunday.I won my first wet T-shirt contest on Sunday. Not a sentence I thought I’d be writing ever. I remember moving to Fort Lauderdale in the early 1980’s and the bars along the strip always advertised wet T-shirt contests every day at Happy Hour with a $100 prize. Of course…LGBTQ8 min readLGBTQ8 min read
Jul 5, 2018I am a fool.I am a fool. Not the guileless, fascinated-with-his-surroundings-and-other-people kind of fool that one hopes to return to being in one’s senior years, but the kind of fool as defined by Webster’s: a person lacking in judgment and prudence. And to fully understand prudence: the ability to govern and discipline oneself…Relationships6 min readRelationships6 min read
Mar 2, 2018I’m a little dark today…I think I’re been on what they call in AA a pink cloud after the amputation of my left leg below the knee. I left the the hospital within 3…Health5 min readHealth5 min read
Feb 16, 2018A Leg UpI have a big decision to make in the coming days. After my third ankle surgery in less than a year, I’m confronted with whether to let the surgeon operate one more time to attempt a bone graft and more hardware, live with it the way it is or have…Health4 min readHealth4 min read
Jan 11, 2018DandelionsIt is Saturday morning six months after we’ve moved into our newly constructed house on Fair Oaks Drive, in a suburb of Akron, Ohio. I’m watching cartoons while eating my usual toaster waffles with syrup. On TV is Tom and Jerry, soon to be followed by my less favorite Road…Creative Nonfiction9 min readCreative Nonfiction9 min read
Oct 21, 2016It’s time to kill my parents.It’s time to kill my parents. After much contemplation, I’ve finally decided it cannot be put off any longer. It will be a cold, calculated murder without guilt or regret, a ready for prime-time TV-version starring a middle-aged sociopath that would make CNN headline news and Nancy Grace’s over-processed blonde…Memoir11 min readMemoir11 min read
