“It’s wire. It’s a spool of wire. And…I’m almost out of it.” If you haven’t seen this Instagram video, I’ve linked it here and you can watch it. The man is sitting outside holding a spool of wire that he’s had for forty years, and it’s almost finish...

I chose not to have children myself, but we can all remember our own childhoods. I see the scars of childhood in people every day, and very pronounced in two adults I love dearly. My fiancé, Irish, and my close friend Rusty, both grew up in what we ...

I used to work for an extremely difficult dentist, years ago, after school. I adore him. He’s difficult, but he’s also strong and noble and I have the world’s admiration for him. Obviously though while he’s snapping at me, one is less inclined to fe...

Having a choice, is your choice. Let that sink in. This a practical expansion of my previous post about choice, because good advice is only good if there’s a practical application. Let’s start with an easy one – text messages. You know you don’t act...

One of the most valuable lessons my mother always taught me is, you always have a choice. - When I was little, my mom always used to say to me “you always have a choice”. This was usually said in a difficult situation – we grew up in an abusive home...

Society’s ‘man up’ advice for men’s mental health is as useful as my gardening skills pre-YouTube. Spoiler: It sucked, and that’s not therapy. Here’s 5 ways we gaslight guys—and why I’m calling it out. Man up What does that even mean, though? In the...

I live in a soap opera. And I'm the comic relief and manically sarcastic one that's trying to get away from the drama. *insert eye roll here* I'm not going to try to sell you something. What I write is what I believe and I don't believe in charging ...