Heavy-Hearted In The Midwest Since 2011
My wife and I were driving this weekend and I looked down at the tops of my hands. I was shocked by how old they looked. Or maybe not so much shocked by how old they looked, but by the fact they looked like my dad’s hands. The hands that I’d see on weekends when […]
Read More The Grateful DadI haven’t worked a full week in like three weeks. Took a mini-vacation mid-April, then the week after I took a Friday off before the big Joe Satriani concert, then this past weekend I took Friday off so my wife and I could celebrate her 50th birthday. Her birthday was actually Sunday the 28th, but […]
Read More Celebrating the Big 5-0 And Reflecting On 33 Years Of Ups, Downs, Inside OutsAs I figured, my mini vacation was over before it started. Last week I was off Wednesday through Friday, then the weekend as well. That was 5 days in a row for you folks not counting. I had big plans that included working on some painting, recording some music, and just in general getting all […]
Read More Mini Vacation, Digital Delays, Splitting HairsWeekend came and went as usual. The space/time/weekend continuum continues to baffle and astound my regular guy brain. I’ll never quite understand how five days feels like 10, while two days feel like an afternoon nap. And yet despite that glaring disturbance in the force I’m still 50-years old with a sizable 401-K, a nearly […]
Read More Road Trip, BBQ, Sunday Jazz, Birthday CelebrationHard to believe it’s March 1st. I mean, if I’m being honest I’m still trying to catch up from Christmas. The fact that it’s now March of 2024 is kind of insane to me. The last four years all feel like a big, messy blur. Four years ago we were looking at the real possibility […]
Read More Friday Check-In : March 1st Edition(Watching The Wheels)It’s been a busy last few days. Where to begin… Last we spoke it was Valentine’s Day. My wife and I had a nice evening out. We headed to the little big town of Wabash, Indiana and enjoyed a very lovely dinner at Ninja Express. It’s a good thing we’re more concerned about the food […]
Read More The Last Few Days, In A Nutshell(A Large Nutshell)We’re three days away from loading up a rented UHaul with my oldest’s things and moving them down to their new apartment in Indianapolis. This has been their plan since last fall, when they told the wife and I. It’s not that I didn’t believe it was going to happen, it’s just that when they […]
Read More Moving Sale, Processing Trauma, Green-Tinted 60s ValentineIt’s been a heavy week so far. The impending move of our oldest is officially happening. They found an apartment in Indianapolis. Something that’s reasonably priced but not a dump either. Reasonable price and not a dump is a rarity in the world of renting these days, so I’m happy they found something. There was […]
Read More Things Keep Moving, Changes Imminent, RIP Uncle JoeThere’s very few things I take pride in regarding myself. One of those few things is that I’m a great sleeper. My older brother, my mom, and my late grandma all were/are terrible sleepers. Waking in the middle of the night, wandering the halls and out to the living room to attempt to lull themselves […]
Read More In The Wee Small Hours Of SixpenceIt’s 3:50 am on a Monday morning and I’m writing to you all. Why? It’s not because I can’t or don’t want to sleep, believe me. Ever since my 20-year old who’s living on her own was late getting to work last week I’ve been paranoid about making sure she’s up on time. She’s what […]
Read More Weekend Wrap-Up : Still Moving Things, Work Brunch, Movies, Two Weeks Till Santa
Complex Distractions 