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Easy

LesApr 11, 20243 min read

Seems like everywhere you look, some old person is shaking their head and saying with that sage tone, “you don’t know how easy you have it.” But I yell inwardly, I don’t have it so easy. Nothing is easy. It seems like every aspect of life can be plagued with difficulty.  Decisions, problems, trouble, isRead More

Finally

LesApr 10, 20243 min read

Sunday afternoon is when it happened. I have tried for years to make Dominican coffee. Each time I go to my friend Travis’s place, I secretly hope he’ll have some made. And then I go home and try to replicate…

Blessed are the Children

LesApr 3, 20243 min read

I noticed it right away, but it didn’t dawn on me until later. I noticed it when I was giving her a back massage. I felt it in the muscle that ran from her neck down to her shoulders. I…

Belonging

LesApr 1, 20243 min read

I recently realized I had joined a club. Not that there was any grand inauguration or anything. Seems like it happened sort of quiet like. I had suspicions I was soon to be inducted, but I knew my credentials were…

Dreamin’

LesMar 21, 20247 min read

‘You can’t laugh if you haven’t already laughed.’ ‘You can’t drive if you haven’t already driven.’ ‘You can’t cry if you haven’t already cried.’ So said one of the characters in my dream early this morning. At first glance, those…