The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: past

  • Some Anniversaries Aren’t Worth Observing

    If you have to write a memory down to remember it, maybe you should only write down the good stuff.

  • Be Careful What You Wish For

    Nothing ever seems as awful in retrospect.

  • Sanitizing My Sanity

    I need to stop letting certain things get to me.

  • Crossing Paths with Futures Past

    Peeking down a parallel timeline.

  • Communism, Fascism, and the Plight of the Redshirt Guy

    So many people think Communism and Fascism are interchangeable.

  • Auld Lang Syne

    Most of us have no idea what it means.

  • Contents Under Pressure

    It always takes me by surprise when someone overreacts.

  • Renton History Museum

    I love small town museums. Every city surely has something to be proud of, and often something to be ashamed of. These museums highlight these things. I’ve never been in one that didn’t teach me something fascinating. I had been passing the Renton History Museum for months. The building itself intrigued me, with its Art…

  • Who Was That Person?

    Have you ever looked back at your past and not recognized yourself? As in, “Why the hell did I do that?” “What was I thinking?” “Why did I make that choice?” “How stupid was I?” That’s perfectly natural. Because, here’s a concept: You are the best version of yourself right this very minute. I guarantee…

  • Who You Were

    I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am that I’m not who I was as a teenager. Sure, I have many things in common with that girl, but frankly I don’t think I’d want to be stuck on an elevator with her. She was so dramatic it exhausts me to think about…