The Chancellor died. This impacts me because it is my job to write letters for the Chancellor. But also because she died when she jumped from a tall building, and my brother died when he jumped from a bridge, and oh that is really, really bad. I know how it hurts to hear the news, [...]

I really don’t smoke that much, usually one cigarette before bedtime. Okay, and one when I get home from work, but I pretend that doesn’t happen. It never seemed like a big deal until this past weekend, when I got a terrible cold, a curse upon my respiratory system. Coughing up phlegm into wads of [...]

What a strange time of year this is. I’m in awe of the miracle of extended twilight, struck dumb by the gunmetal texture of the ocean just after the sun dips below the horizon. Also I am aggravated to near homicidal levels by seasonal allergies. I’m sneezy, short of breath, disoriented. My face itches. Even [...]