The Stink of Being Single

The Stink of Being Single

I’ve been wondering why I have been so resistant to the label “single.” Here’s what I came up with: I feel like being single is a flashlight to the world that something is wrong with me. If I was all right, I’d be plugged into the traditional institution of marriage,...
Broken Picker

Broken Picker

When papers come around to sign for the second divorce, that gets a person thinking.  My conclusion is that I have a broken “picker.”  Somehow in the bestowing of good pickers in the gene pool, I missed out.  I looked at how my parents picked. The mere fact that they...
Wisdom of Marriage

Wisdom of Marriage

Marriage.  Done it twice. What wisdom did I gain from twenty-three years of devotion to that institution? No two marriages are alike. In my first marriage I was held as an organizing genius.  I had my stuff together and he admired that. Second marriage I was...
The Other

The Other

I am the other. Fear. Persecution. Inescapable. Why dodge? Futile. Find the courage. Face up. Chin out. Tremble. Tremble. Tremble. Stones come from me or them? Face up. Chin out. Tremble. Breathe. Tremble. Embrace. Otherness....