Odds against me


I read today on Facebook that one of my old high school substitutes and driver’s ed teacher died of Alzheimer’s at 66 years young. Jesus Christ, my dad is that same age and he isn’t close to dying. Or so I think. I think a lot about how things could be different and how things…

Honky Cat


This has been a fairly good week, all things considered. I worked 13 hours Sunday night into Monday morning after pulling a double only 6 hours before that. My mom called me Monday morning saying that Elton John would be at the Tacoma Dome that Monday night at 8pm. My thought was that if there…

I think this is good news


So I went to Oregon on Friday with my immediate family to see my grandmother who is in the hospital. She was asleep when I visited her but I talked to her a bit and held her hand and my dad was with me and said, “Hey mom, your favorite child and favorite granddaughter are…