Once I met this boy. Well, he was 38 so not really a boy. We had the most fun I’ve had with anyone and even though I didn’t want to, I quickly fell crazy in love with him. Two years later, I was changing the locks and about to file a restraining order. Obviously a […]
Living in rural Pennsylvania as kiddos, my siblings and I partook in a never-ending selection of geographically appropriate past times. Building forest forts. Pissing off bees. Chasing fireflies. Mad dashes through puddles in our Radio Flyer. But one of my very favorites was snow angels. I’d lay on my back and stare up at the […]
When I was little, I wanted to be a dancing doctor from the moon. While I no longer have a desire to go to the moon (or even hop on an airplane), I did dance for many years. And I was a massage therapist for quite some time, so there was some helping people feel […]
1987. Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. Our basement. And Guns ‘n’ Roses plays while my brother, sister, and I rock out. My brother was always Axl. Because, well, he was the oldest and that’s just the way it was. Enjoy.
This is the story of the best day of Rocky’s life. When I adopted Rocky, I knew that I was adopting a special needs dog. He had diabetes and had spent five months recovering at Bradshaw Animal Shelter after being abandoned and nearly dying. When I read his story, I knew I wanted to bring […]
When you sit in the bed of a Radio Flyer wagon and pull the handle back toward yourself, it becomes a steering wheel.
I once rode in a van full of gay teenage boys.
I took off as soon as the black cloud of bees shot out of the ground and came flying up around me.
Robot Butt recently published a piece of mine, Fuck You, Diabetes (An Un-Love Letter), and they are having a little contest to see which of their April published pieces can get the most traffic. Please help me out by clicking here to read my un-love letter to Diabetes. The contest goes through April 30. I […]
Omar has saved my life more times than I can count. And I’m not speaking figuratively. This ten pound doggo has literally saved my life so many times.
Unbound 