Tag: unexpected

  • That’ll Be Quite Enough Adrenaline for Me, Thank You

    That’ll Be Quite Enough Adrenaline for Me, Thank You

    Nothin’ to see here?

  • Living in a Liminal World

    Because we don’t know what’s in store for us, people are starting to freak out.

  • What to Cook When You Hate to Cook. Recipe 8: Unexpected Salad

    A recipe with unexpected ingredients.

  • Unexpected Cherries

    I love it when things fall into place.

  • Time’s A-Wastin’

    Savor every moment.

  • Alternate Realities

    Five years ago, I remember being in a room with two good men. One was Chuck, the love of my life. The other was Glenn, who was a dear friend. I remember talking, smiling, laughing with them both. It was a good day. I wonder what I would have thought or said or done had…

  • Transformations

    Not long ago, I had a good dog. He was my best friend. He was my emotional bedrock. In a time when all the sand seems to be shifting beneath my feet, he was the one living thing that I could count on. And then I went to dinner. And when I got back home,…

  • Lightning Strikes and Other Unforeseen Events

    The other day I was lying in bed, in the desperate pursuit of ever-elusive sleep (which is the life story of every graveyard shift worker on the face of the earth), when BOOM!!!! Lightning struck the house, and I instantly had two very terrified dogs on top of me. I went without internet for three…