Year: 2025
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The Missing Book Chapter
So therapy, and some conversations thereafter, most particularly with Dave, have really brought into stark reality how – despite how far I dove into my brain in the book, and how honest and revealing I was with some of the chapters, I still have some important and deep things I didn’t address in the book, […]
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Therapy Time
So I have known since I was in the hospital 8 years ago that therapy is an important part of treatment, not just medication. However, I have not found a therapist I have been able to connect with or found value in since the one I had before that “big event.” (Unfortunately she stopped seeing […]
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Eight Is A Lot Of …
“Eight is a lot legs, David” is one of Dave and my many favorite quotes from our favorite “Christmas” movie, so I thought I’d whip it out here. Eight is a lot of legs, it’s also a lot of years. Eight years of surviving and sometimes thriving, sometimes not. This has been an interesting year, […]
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A Prickly Situation
The header pictures of my posts are ALWAYS foxes. ALWAYS. But today, for something a little different – a hedgehog. With an axe. Let me explain. I have been playing RPGs (tabletop role-playing games) since I was in high school. I played a lot of White Wolf back in the day because that was what […]
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Spick and Span Part 2
As I mentioned in my last post, the fact that a bunch of people, most of whom I did not know, were coming to my house for dinner motivated to finally get shit done around here. It looked great. And here’s the thing – it took that external motivation, that drop dead date, that unavoidable […]
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Spick and Span
I was writing that title and wondering – does anyone these days even know what that means??? If not, Google is your friend. It is a fairly ill-kept secret that I’ve had a lot of difficulty finding motivation this last year. The first year after I left work was full of book stuff – writing, […]
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Happy New Year Baby
Hello all. Long time no post. It’s the new year so I thought I ought to start it off right with a post. Like, a recommitment to trying to write more in the new year. Thing is, I have no idea what I want to talk about, so this will probably be a mishmosh of […]
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