This is what coming in 13th out of 46 award applicants looks like: ****** The artist's sample was incredible. I was completely in the world they had…
Boy was I wrong about that one… As someone who spent about a week wondering who is this Alex Murdaugh (pronounced Murdock) person? Why is his murder…
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February 2023

It’s been a minute since I last added to my loved dogs series, so I figured now is as good a time as any. The next dog in the lineup is Casey Mae, my…
“You’re so easy!” Wait, before you go off jumping to conclusions, let me provide some context. I was in for my annual eye appointment. Once you hit…
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January 2023

Memory fascinates me. When I was a trial lawyer, I relied on the memories of my witnesses. I can still feel the sting of frustration when a victim or…
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It’s been almost five years since I bought my dream property and signed up for the same internet provider the previous owners used. I’m lazy that way. I…
Last week I made a social call at my old office and caught up with several work friends. Aside from a brief visit almost a year ago to pick up a box of…
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“And if they didn’t know why I’d left, maybe they just didn’t know me. At all. And maybe they never really did. And to be fair, maybe I didn’t either…
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As I write this, we’ve just come through what the weather folks labeled a “generational” winter storm. Depending on where you were in North America, you…
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December 2022

DISCLAIMER: I am a Charlie Mackesy super fan, full stop. I was gifted a copy of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse the year it was published and…
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Three more inches of snow. Yesterday it was five. The day before it was also five. It’s been the wet, heavy snow - the kind that feels like concrete…
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November 2022

It’s been a bit over four years since my dad died. Because my mother did not want to spend the money on a funeral - “It would only be for your friends…
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