THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE IT lost and found in Mexico Vanessa suggested. I accepted. Even though I knew better. Or should have. A Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas where lightly larded men pace azure pools waving cocktails, whooping S-class Maybach! Royal Troon! Sanctuary Machu Picchu! where gleaming unguinous women pace parallel paths waving […]
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In movies, there’s the iconic shot of a lone person wading into a vast glittering ocean, a resolute body consigning itself to the sea. But on that sunny evening at Chesterman beach, my brother Geoff wasn’t seeking death. He was snatching life. As I watched his skeletal, beaded body creep back out, my throat constricted. […]
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MUSIC LESSONS after he’s gone “She knows by now that grief is mostly endurance, understanding over and over that the person you loved is not coming back.” The News From Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story, by Joan Wickersham ~ I wanted music. I used to play guitar, but I didn’t want guitar. I […]
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83 PROBLEMS, A-Z I am not—I think I am not—afraid of dying. ~William Maxwell, Nearing 90 . . . Missing cat, panic, braindead, fruitflies, envy. Problems. As a psychotherapist, I worked for years to help people solve their problems. Then I learned that, according to Buddha, we all have 83 problems. Everyone: Bill Gates, Oprah […]
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THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE IT
Non-FictionTHEY’RE GOING TO MAKE IT lost and found in Mexico Vanessa suggested. I accepted. Even though I knew better. Or should have. A Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas where lightly larded men pace azure pools waving cocktails, whooping S-class Maybach! Royal Troon! Sanctuary Machu Picchu! where gleaming unguinous women pace parallel paths waving […]
EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY
Non-FictionIn movies, there’s the iconic shot of a lone person wading into a vast glittering ocean, a resolute body consigning itself to the sea. But on that sunny evening at Chesterman beach, my brother Geoff wasn’t seeking death. He was snatching life. As I watched his skeletal, beaded body creep back out, my throat constricted. […]
Music Lessons after he’s gone
Non-FictionMUSIC LESSONS after he’s gone “She knows by now that grief is mostly endurance, understanding over and over that the person you loved is not coming back.” The News From Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story, by Joan Wickersham ~ I wanted music. I used to play guitar, but I didn’t want guitar. I […]
83 PROBLEMS A-Z
Non-Fiction83 PROBLEMS, A-Z I am not—I think I am not—afraid of dying. ~William Maxwell, Nearing 90 . . . Missing cat, panic, braindead, fruitflies, envy. Problems. As a psychotherapist, I worked for years to help people solve their problems. Then I learned that, according to Buddha, we all have 83 problems. Everyone: Bill Gates, Oprah […]