Stick With Us

I have written a certain amount of things throughout the years. Some are done, some are a work in progress, and some were deleted and even burned in a fire pit. Not really a pit, just my parents’ barbecue grill. One has to be practical: where the hell was I going to get a fire…

Books were the main source of information for centuries, but before that, there were stories told by word of mouth. And now, there is the internet and with the internet, all sorts of channels of information: social media, podcasts, online versions of news magazines, etc. This has led to an influx of information and now…

Today I was watching This Is Us, season 5 and, for the ones familiar (or not, I won’t give spoilers anyways!) it is a total tearjerker. 8 out of 10 episodes guarantee to make you cry! So, back to the episode: Rebecca (the matriarch of the Pearson family) makes a moving speech about “the next…

I have always been a bit unsure of my intellect, especially compared to others. There certainly have been the more common ”losing the keys” kind of bad memory whoopsies and perhaps, the more serious walking to a wrong way when the things in the mind are more interesting than the path to the destination. But…

I didn’t know that finding people to talk to, as an adult, is this difficult. By talking I mean not “Hello, how are you?” to your neighbor nor everyday chit chat with your work colleague. What I mean is like a book club, but more in depth. It seems that there are hundreds or maybe…