Snowbrush

We took Bonnie to the vet today to be euthanized. Because we got to the clinic ten minutes before they closed for the weekend, we...

I imagine myself standing on a conveyer belt like the ones people walk on at airports, only I can neither hasten nor retard the...

I was in the kitchen last night when I was suddenly so overcome by the fear of death that I couldn't have felt much worse had I been on...

I’ve only known one person who had serious and prolonged doubts about religion who ever permanently returned to it, and that person was...

I meditate on death and little but death. In every face, I see the eyes of a corpse, but it’s also my own corpse that I see. My body becomes...

When a blogger friend dies, it’s abrupt even when it’s expected. Where you had a loving friend, you now, if you’re lucky, have one of her fa...

My mother would become infuriated when I smoked marijuana, so I did it in front of her every chance I got. I was that way about everything t...

Matt’s daughter killed herself last week. When I listened to him on the phone today, I felt such terror that I had to monitor my breathing s...

My father quit school in the eighth grade rather than let a teacher whip him for fighting. The next day he left Route 4, Bogue Chitto, Missi...

I see wisdom in approaching life as I would a drug trip, that is to enjoy the good times despite their fleeting nature, and to survive the b...