No Friendly Direction But Down – Six Feet Down: A Larissa Update

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, April 15, 2018

Suicide. Offing yourself. Doing yourself in. That seemed like the only option to me 10 years ago, and that’s where Larissa is now. Each night she passes out with the hope she’ll die in her sleep, and when she wakes up in the morning with a foggy and throbbing head, shaky hands and a bellyful of dread, she asks for the courage to kill herself today. So far, thank God, she hasn’t found it.

Decoupling: Not just for unhappy spouses, but utilities, too

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, April 15, 2018

The PUC is expected to rule in the next few days. I hope the Commission approves the decoupling deal we struck with Liberty Utilities. If it does, I’ll be treating myself to a burger at Five Guys.

Michael Jackson and the call of the bassoon

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Do you think it’s too late? Are you 50, and feel like it’s all over? Your chance to do something great and noteworthy with your life has passed?

For Him Who Has Ears to Plug—The Tuba and Me

Monday, October 14, 2024Sunday, April 8, 2018

An arrhythmic tuba player does not blend in. Just as gluttony leads to weight gain leads to mockery, so a bad tuba player’s sins are readily apparent to all with ears to hear. Or plug.

A Call for Mental Health for All

Monday, September 23, 2024Friday, April 6, 2018

Guns and gun violence is not a second amendment issue, it is a public health issue

In Praise of Beverly Cleary

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, April 1, 2018

Beverly Cleary created a world where goals were set, plans were made and achievements were accomplished. I lived in my own world, where boredom loomed around every corner and had to be destroyed by any means necessary, another symptom of wickedness.

Classic movie review: What else for Easter but ‘Easter Parade”

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, April 1, 2018

Set during the turn of the century, this 1948 Oscar-winning musical smash hit backed by an Irving Berlin score, grossed six million dollars. Although, six million seems petty by today’s standards, consider in 1948 the average movie ticket was 37 cents.

Signs from above: If you write it, a publisher will come

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, March 28, 2018

I wanted to share with you a chapter from my book about my own mother, Doris (Coffee) Adams. It’s called The White Dove and I hope you like it!

Two simple rules for raising healthy eaters

Sunday, January 19, 2025Wednesday, March 28, 2018

It’s possible – now hear me out – It’s possible that the resistance you are worried about encountering from your child is really your own resistance to a change toward healthy eating.

An unorthodox man’s unorthodox job search

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Keith Howard’s just sent out his virtual resume into the ether. Share for a chance to help him manifest his destiny, and earn yourself some cookies, and a sonnet.