Stress, Meditation & Marijuana

Raffi had never gotten high before, but if anyone needed to get high, Raffi did.  Stress, Destroyer of Worlds Raffi is one of my best friends. A good man, honest and loyal, true and dependable. A loving husband, devoted father and conscientious employee. Combine all...

Moon Landing Memories

It felt like the middle of the night. And I remember the words coming from the TV as we watched black & white static, “Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Moon landing! I was 8 years old. Not old enough to grasp the significance, but thank...
I am Don Quixote

I am Don Quixote

Not the Don Quixote, But definitely A Don Quixote. On the backside of life. I have accomplished little of note. Obscure, unremarkable, unknown. Yet I have dreams… Impossibly bright, impossibly distant stars I have never come close to touching. Quixote gives me...
Artist or Accountant?

Artist or Accountant?

Do the Scales Balance? A guy driving back from a fishing trip is killed when a rock thrown from an overpass crashes through his windshield. Shit happens. An otherwise-healthy 32-year-old mother of 5 small children contracts breast cancer and dies within 4 months of...