Big Triggers

I’ve resumed journaling — rigorously, of course, because I tend to do things either with full intensity or not at all. With this man, a widower who lost the love…

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Good, better, and not enough

Last week, Ed, my friend from the mountains, visited for our week together and we had such a nice time doing the most basic shit. Yardwork, making food, checking out…

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Relax- Calm Down

After my friend in the mountains directed me, in a moment of distress, to "relax", I was able to calmly request the following without any blowback or negative consequences: "Hey,…

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