Remember that Jack Nicholson-Helen Hunt-Greg Kinnear movie, where Jack plays an unhappy, obsessive-compulsive recluse whose whole existence is turned around by the love of a good woman […]
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Welcome, home: Contemplating what that word means
I’ve been thinking about the concept of home a lot lately. Growing up an Army brat, moving was just a part of life — it’s not like […]
A COVID-19 time capsule: What can it tell us?
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the time capsule buried in front of my elementary school (shout out to William Tyler Page in Montgomery […]
Sobriety is possible, even enjoyable — I swear
Sometime back around 2013, I was put on a 10-day course of strong antibiotics to battle an infection I had. When prescribing the drugs, the doc was […]
Behind every window is a story: Just imagine
A handful of mornings ago, during my workout walk, I saw a man step outside a house, onto the porch, and bend down to embrace the woman […]