A Walk in My Shoes

A Walk in My Shoes

It’s official! For Mental Health Awareness Month, I renamed, expanded, and republished my book. It is now available on Amazon and through my websites. It is the collected transcripts of the podcast to date, with a Foreword, Introduction and some editing. A...
The Nice Guy

The Nice Guy

Introduction: Yes, I’ve been gone for a long time. I’ve been busy starting a new business so some things had to go on the back burner, like The Coffee Chronicles. It actually feels good to be writing a column again. I’ll be trying to do more of it...
Lessons Learned from a Bar Fight

Lessons Learned from a Bar Fight

From posts I am seeing, I imagine that many people were disappointed by other people in 2022. I am reading a knee jerk reaction, about how if we don’t have expectations, we will never be disappointed. Umm, no. It is all about a bar fight in SW Philly. A very long time...
Perspective: Use It or Lose It

Perspective: Use It or Lose It

2022 was one of the toughest years of my life. It got downright ugly. I’ll make the jokes and share the memes on Facebook because they are funny, but I’ll also look back on 2022 fondly. It was the year I was fired—twice. Completely ran out money—a few...
Chance Encounters

Chance Encounters

Or this might be a part of Let’s Get Naked About Mental Health! Anyway… I firmly decided not to have a Christmas. It was not a choice to be miserable, but just make it another day. There’s a podcast about it. In the podcast, I talk about my aversion to Christmas and...
I’m Still Here!

I’m Still Here!

Hello from Tijuana! Where I am literally still here. Trapped. Stranded. But really enjoying the beautiful weather. You really don’t want to know what the weather is like here. I was supposed in be in Minnesota by now, in my home, but, well, it’s a long...
Catching Up

Catching Up

No, I haven’t stopped. I have just been concentrating on other areas. So, I thought I would catch you up in case you don’t do the social media thing. First, a recent post I made on Facebook. A friend just posted this about the Phillies but I’m saving it...
Let Them Eat Cake?

Let Them Eat Cake?

Special introduction: I couldn’t sleep tonight but know exactly why. What’s the saying? “Things happen for a reason. Sometimes, the reason is because you are stupid.” I knew I shouldn’t have had that late night cup of coffee! But I did, can’t sleep, so finished up the...
Dog Stories: A Memoir

Dog Stories: A Memoir

Tales of the Great Water Bringer Without exception, the homeless people I met in Austin were the kindest anywhere I traveled in the US during my odyssey through Covid America. I encountered a lot of desperation, especially among the homeless people as I traveled. They...
Updating, Not Spam!

Updating, Not Spam!

Hello Everybody! If you have chosen to follow my page, thank you! If you have been flooded with posts recently, my apologies! I have been in the process of updating my website. Some parts just work better as posts as opposed to pages, which you receive automatically....
Murphy Got Me Again

Murphy Got Me Again

This is difficult for me. Very difficult. I can offer help anywhere and anytime, even when I don’t have it. Asking? It makes me…ugh. I’m in a bad spot. My spirits are up, but my butt and bank account are down and I am stranded in Tijuana with a...
Laugh or Cringe?

Laugh or Cringe?

Hello Everybody. I know there are some who do not follow or have Facebook so I just thought I’d update you about a few new things on the website. First: the Video Companion to my book is finished! –unless my OCD kicks in and I start thinking about...
Misadventures in Tijuana

Misadventures in Tijuana

If you don’t have Facebook, you’re missing out. I know some people who get these updates, though, aren’t on Facebook so I thought I would add a few things. I’ve been hard at work on my book and podcast and they lend themselves to darker posts....
Podcast!

Podcast!

Now had did this happen? Instead of a normal blog post, I’m seeing a podcast post thingie. Me vs my website: still a work in progress. I’m STILL searching for a title for the podcast. “Let’s Get Named About Mental Health!” ???? But this...