Tell Me a Story

I dreamed that The Amazing Bob died (which he did – nine years ago Friday) and I could no longer afford to stay here in Valhalla. I was alo...

 You know what’s a truly shitty way to start the day? Lemme just tell you, it’s when you wake to a text that a friend has died. Scott and I ...

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Livin' for today Ah Im...

Six years ago this evening, The Amazing Bob shuffled off this mortal coil. In the gardens of memory, the palaces of dreams, this is where we...

Celeste, Daddy and me 1971 Today’s a big day. It’s Father’s Day AND the one year anniversary of Daddy’s death. It feels like he’s been gon...

Coco was not just a cat. She was my constant companion, my partner and helpmate through so many hard times. That she's gone now feels ...

I feel overwhelmed by all the insane horseshit, insurrection and death flying through the air right now. Of course I do – I'm a sentient...

There's an ocean out there somewhere! What I may be missing most during this shutdown (ya know, apart from a competent, NOT on-the-...

I dreamed death. MY , how cheery. OK, no. This was, more specifically, about the recent one year anniversary of my friend Tom’s death. ...

I’d never met Harry live and in person – he was a Blog World acquaintance. I’d comment on things he wrote (his blog – The Rise and Fall o...

Three+ years on and I’m still haunted by dreams of The Amazing Bob in hospital. In this one though, we were at St. E’s not MGH. Weird. We...

And NOT just because it was bug bashingly hot either. Jen and Oni are on vacay out west. They’re “glamping” somewhere off Vancouver Islan...

On this day, almost exactly one year after The Amazing Bob shuffled off to the unknown,  I was all curious about Moses and his particular ...

I haven’t gone full metal Eeyore in a while. Ya know why? Ten. On reading the very first comment he left here on Tell Me a Story , I f...

We do not "get over" a death. We learn to carry the grief and integrate the loss in our lives. In our hearts, we carry those who...

I’m headed into unhappy anniversary time. It was June, three years ago, when The Amazing Bob’s cancer vaulted into serious overdrive. Th...

I can’t predict when this shit’s gonna jump me like some wildly coked up fiend. I should be able to don’cha think? Yesterday it hit me l...