I got news yesterday that Jeff Hamlin has passed on. Jeff was not too much older than me. He was an entrepreneur who helped start…
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I got news yesterday that Jeff Hamlin has passed on. Jeff was not too much older than me. He was an entrepreneur who helped start…
Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to present a temporary art installation which I like to call “A Tribute to America.” On trash day, if we’re…
My friend Daisy told me the following Katrina story. It’s a simple tale, but kind of chilling. I wanted to record it before I forget.…
Elliott and Elizabeth had to put their old friend Slim to sleep Wednesday. He was almost 14. Also on Wednesday my Aunt Suzanne passed away…
I learned a few days ago that our neighbor Dan died back in October. I don’t know where or how, but we certainly miss him.…
Met a guy from Mid-City this morning while eating breakfast at Slim Goodies. He said he was working a job that sounds pretty gruesome: pulling…
Johnny McKay died a couple of weeks ago. He was 32. I didn’t know him that well, but we had some mutual friends, and Xy…
Last night our friend Jaylene came down from Indy with her step-dad. They were delivering a bed and some other furniture for us. The bed…
Just got a call from Jaylene in Indy, whom some of you know. She told me her mother has just died, rather unexpectedly and from…
When I came home from my book club meeting today, Xy was crying. Our neighbor, Richard, had just told her some bad news. She didn’t…
According to the Death Clock I’m going to die on Sunday, October 28, 2040. And according to Dante’s Inferno Test, I’ll be going to Limbo.
Xy & I attended the funeral of Danita “Measy” Jackson today. I never really knew Danita. I gave her a ride once. That was just…
The girls across the street came over to our house and, with a little help from Xy, they made necklaces for their mom, who died…
The girls across the street don’t live with their parents. Dad’s in jail, and the girls are being raised by their paternal grandmother. I don’t…
Death. You know, it seems absurd, but actually the death of our cat Bilal is the closest that death has touched my life — ever.…
Mardi Gras has come and gone. It was fun, but there were also some tragedies. Three, in fact. Our monitor died. When you turn it…