Snowbrush

I first heard this song in 1991 while driving, and had to pull over to cry. The song not only portrays a real event; the event portrayed has...

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...

Josh moved next door when he was eight, and he’s now seventeen. He wants to design and build motorcycles for a living (he has already built ...

Now that I’ve been on marijuana for months, I have to ask myself how good it is for pain. I would say that for long term use, it’s as good o...

Peggy (in photo) and I met Greg in 1987 through a national group marriage organization that was headquartered here in Eugene. He considered ...

Barack Obama—the same man who falsely promised to close Guantanamo Prison—now has several times more people locked away without charges than...

There aren’t a great many arguments to support the existence of a god, and studious atheists have rejected them all. This makes any attempt ...

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...

Having old dogs is like having old parents. Sometimes, I just wish they would get it over with and die already. Other times, I feel honored ...

The nasty looking stuff in the bottle is 190 proof ethyl alcohol in which marijuana leaves steeped for three months. You’re probably thinki...

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...

A very liberal woman told me at a party last night that I’m the only Mississippian (I live in Oregon, but was a Mississippian for most of my...

I finished my work in the laundry room today, a project that would have gone faster had I not been obliged to continually stop to chase Brew...

Now that Peggy’s gone. I get up between 10:00 and 11:00, eat oats or Grape Nuts for breakfast, work all day while I listen to Western audiob...

I saw my new pain doctor today, and he loaded me down with Lidoderm, Cymbalta, and Butrans (I already had Dalmane, Ambien, Restoril, Neuront...

Christians often assume that atheists regard Jesus as a great man, but that they either don’t believe he was real or else they don’t believe...

I’m going to betray a tree that has provided me with beauty and shade for the 21 years I’ve been in this house. The tree is a Ponderosa Pine...

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...

I know that some of you weary of my drug experiences, but I would ask for your compassion as I travel the dark road of pain upon which guide...