Repair Work

Well go me—I’ve started at least three different blog entries, only to lose steam and drop them for something else entirely. It’s the ADHD shuffle meets stroke recovery meets ambition far beyond my current physical capacity.   This weekend I actually got some work done in the yard, revisiting projects I had previously abandoned. Of …

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Sometimes You Just Gotta Talk About a Penis.

Sometimes You Just Gotta Talk About a Penis. Before we dive back into grief, trauma, or the slow-motion implosion of life post-loss, let me take a moment to tell you a story that’s equal parts embarrassing, educational, and oddly endearing. Sometimes, when life is weighed down by everything else, you need to laugh, cringe, and …

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“It’s Just Joe Being Joe”: The Quiet Damage of Excusing Bad Behavior

  https://youtu.be/CPyo_wSqjrU?si=IeJse2gTh_JV4vER   I’m not sure if this is a reflection, a curiosity, or just a brain dump in motion—but the past few days I’ve been revisiting some of the sporadic blog entries I posted after I stopped writing regularly. One in particular stood out. It was a short piece from shortly after the fertilizer …

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Sunday Sit down at the Castle…

This week's Podcast. Today we sat down and tried a conversational format that was by far less stilted than our past efforts. Today we talked about Sexual traumas and a recent breakthrough in mine. We talked about sexually transmitted diseases and their treatment and finally the flu vaccine.