Surviving the Crazy Twins

My struggle with the crazy twins that haunt me: Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease.
Project Sanctuary Redux

Project Sanctuary Redux

What is impossible for man is possible for GodWell, here I am again.  At a Project Sanctuary retreat, the only organization designed to serve the entire military family, helping them reconnect after a member returns from one of our perpetual wars.  Except it’s...
There’s A Clean, Well Lighted Place

There’s A Clean, Well Lighted Place

And Then There’s Family Promise No less a literary titan than James Joyce once described Ernest Hemingway’s short story, A Clean, Well Lighted Place, as ” … masterly. Indeed, it is one of the best short stories ever written…” And...
I, Claudius

I, Claudius

Decadent Rome.  Decadent America? I don’t really remember how I, Claudius got on my Netflix radar.  I think it was my sister who suggested it.  But in any event, it took months, even years, for it to work its way to the top of my queue.  But I’m glad-I...
Crawling off the marriage altar

Crawling off the marriage altar

The trouble with living sacrificesI’ve been a member of The Bookies book club now for going on two years.  We’re four guys, all current or past members of the same church. Some of the books we’ve read left me hungry for more.  Hanna...
Disorder

Disorder

MSMS:  My scary movie syndrome Understand.  I have a slight tremor anyway.  It’s a side effect of the medication I take for my bipolar syndrome.  And, I suppose, a natural consequence of getting older.  But it doesn’t come close to preventing me from...