911
Female operator: 911, what's your emergency? Titus: uh, is there anybody else there I can talk to? Like a guy, maybe? Operator: I can assist you; what seems to be…
Loneliness
Have you ever noticed that your times of most acute loneliness are often in the company of people that you know very well? Or even worse, in a social setting…
Priests of the Aztecs
Zach came over tonight to regale me with a recounting of last week's encounter with the fine folks at the Conejes County Hospital. I do remember them telling me the…
Homebound
Dad here; its been two weeks since the accident, and span seems like an eternity for someone who desperately needs to be figuring out what comes next, but the revolving…
I have a name
I had a name. Sometimes it was on my collar, sometimes embedded in a microchip, but more often than not, any reference to my identity has been removed; not to…
Independence Day
O430, and all is well... I'm in my preferred spot, the navigator seat in the Minivan Gogh, and we're heading west. Dad is executing his usual duties as pilot, and…
The Salt Flats
Idaho is a loooong state; we started south approximately twenty miles south of the Canadian border with no particular destination in mind but "down". But there is no down in…
