I leave Dr. Vargo’s office as I increasingly do, confused and discouraged. After five years of twice-weekly sessions of her trying to find trauma’s etching pieces in my early developmental puzzle –via talk therapy, hypnosis, and regression modalities, but finding nothing — still she insists on finding something that I have to conclude, just isn’t…
Birdhouse Gourds
Am still trying to figure out how to get the formatting the way it needs to be without using the Classic editor. It may take some time. Please forgive the aesthetics until then. I have pulled together pics of my journey with the birdhouse gourd seeds that Jules sent me last year and up to…
dVerse Prosery Monday — In the Valley
The hills so dry,so dense the underbrush,that where I pushed my way the giant hush was changedto soft explosion.–Yvor Winters, from the poem, “On a View of Pasadena from the Hills.” In the Valley When would I learn to keep my mouth shut, especially when trapped by persons, places, and/or things? For instance, in a…
Book Review — The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be — in 1 Hour!
I wrote this last month and everything with the classic formatting was fine. I’m trying to publish this now and the formatting is all effed up. Why do they have to mess with a good thing? Anyway, apologies if the formatting looks …. not my choice. A friend of mine gave the book to me…
#SLS — June-born — “Cody” by The Killers
Brandon FlowersBirthdate: June 21, 1981Band: The KillersInstrument: Singer / Keyboards / BassAge in 2026: 45 The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals.) After the band went through a number of short-term bassists and drummers, Mark Stoermer (bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums,…
#FF — Keaton Island
Keaton Island My morning bike ride will take me to town, where I’ll pick up sourdough bread and assorted produce from the CSA share. I hear laughter before seeing them. Around the curve, in matching red Adirondack chairs, their gazes are fixed on Keaton Island. I stop and ask if they are on vacation. “Our…
Tao-Talk 