Surviving the Crazy Twins

My struggle with the crazy twins that haunt me: Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease.
What’s “normal” got to do with it?

What’s “normal” got to do with it?

A hole in our heads?  Or our hearts? Why they call it Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus entirely escapes me.  There’s nothing normal about it.  For obvious reasons, however, the condition’s name has been shortened to its initials: NPH. The cause of the...
When it all comes together like this . . .

When it all comes together like this . . .

. . . bet on it.  The Lord’s in there somewhere. I’ve written about Forrest and Lakin Huckabey before.  He’s the shrimpy guy (despite this, his best high school sport was basketball) who did two tours as a sniper in Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain...
III. The Communion of Saints.

III. The Communion of Saints.

Past.  Present. And FUTURE. Hit the rewind button.  Again.  Back to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore for a couple of nights at the beautiful State Game Lodge.  I stayed there as a kid with my mom and brother on two trips we made to visit her relatives in far...
On My Honor

On My Honor

  I had breakfast with Jeff Brandel a while back.  An attorney, he serves as the chair of the Arapahoe District of the Denver Area Boy Scouts.  He also volunteers as a leader in his son’s troop.  Busy guy. I wanted to talk with him about how the Scouts are...