Dearest Rachel – And just when we thought everything was sorted out, too… The thing is, Dad has been making it plain that, for all that he seemed to have been recovering from this third near-fatal incident, it’s not that he’s truly ‘getting better’ any more. On the contrary, each recovery settles him in atContinue reading “Shivering From…?”
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Bloodshot
Dearest Rachel – You probably remember that when I’m sick, I sneeze at two different volumes. When it’s unrestrained, it’s loud enough to be heard anywhere in the house – and probably for several houses down – and it’s practically yelled out, as if I’d hit my thumb with a hammer or something. More often,Continue reading “Bloodshot”
Getting Back to “Work”
Dearest Rachel – In the movie Heathers, the protagonist Veronica Sawyer describes her relationship with the titular Heathers (the queen bees of the social hierarchy at Westerberg High School) thusly: “they’re just, like, people I work with, and our job is being popular and [stuff].” Fortunately, I’m under no such onus to get out thereContinue reading “Getting Back to “Work””
Letters to Rachel 