Awkward Afflatus

Here we go again, with another update on my life before I get into the meat of my blog. The update is: since January, when I completely fu...

This blog is 3 1/2 years old.  It is tremendously bizarre to me how far I have come in those years.  I read some of my older posts and think...

Well, I have settled on my excuse for not writing more lately: I was in the throes of a major depressive episode that I didn't know I wa...

This Thanksgiving, I was ruminating on our food traditions, how it seems like it's the same every year.  Not that I'm complainin...

(Consider this a warning, both for the length of this post, and for triggering material) If I could go back in time, there are not many th...

I really should have known that adjusting to a new position would hinder my ability to write as often as I'd like.  However, I'm get...

Hi, I am a member of the Bd. of Elders at GS [that's my church. Don't worry, it took me a second, too] and want to encourage you...