What Crosses My Mind

  • Is This What The Inception of a Civil War Feels Like?

    Seems everyday I don’t have to turn on the news to discover something has occurred. News that rips apart the fabric of our nation is readily made. Right now they are isolated incidents, most recently Charlie Kirk, the Michigan tragedy, and now the dangerous rhetoric coming from Mr. Trump et al.  Today, I watched a…

  • Sunday, August 31st, 2025

    I can get hit hard, and it comes out of nowhere but gradually takes over my frame of mind. I’m out on the deck with my dog and with her loyalty, sometimes that keeps me going. I’d hate to abandon her. We slept in today, and it felt like it was needed. I went to…

  • The Story of Mak (or Man’s Best Friend)

    The year 2020 started off with a bang for me. I was suddenly about to be found swirling in a myriad of life choices, decisions, adjustments and COVID 19. To begin the year, my marriage of 30 years had fallen apart, and I was forced to look at myself in the mirror and take responsibility…