embrace every moment

to read this entry / i simply need to air it out today as it were / my alone-ness feels overwhelming / it is crushing // i’ve spent years searching for a source of wisdom / a guru / a teacher i can believe understands ideas i do not / one that can guide me…

I’m just now getting around to considering prayer and God. It has taken me so long because my father had, during my formative years in the late 1950’s, decried the concepts as he had come to understand them, as being superstitious and ignorant. He was strongly influenced by a circle of “intellect...

My lovely wife believes I am certifiably mentally ill. She has good reason. In all likelihood I still have outstanding papers for my containment back in The Peoples Republic of Massachusetts. The events leading up to my declaration, certification and subsequent break out of confinement is a story...

i'm in a recliner / there's this tabby kitten / my left hand is wet / i tell her that i can not believe / send  her out / she does her business / submits like a good girl / leavings are mostly green / pieces of gyre plastic / and a shiny metal paper…

Now PB is pulling the plug. Get over it people. It's not an accident. It's not an evil act. It's a web site for god's sake. Do you know what is involved? It's a lot of work. People are never satisfied. Why can't it do this or that?  I can't get in. It's down again.…

What would you say if I were to accuse you of discrimination? Or even bigotry? What would you say if I were to tell you there is no one that is free from these biases? That every one of us forms strong lifelong opinions of people on the basis of stereotype? It's true. Jesus knew…

No not as in "Me Too" where your hero ends up on the casting couch. I'm serious today. Bummed out actually. I read all these other diarists with heart wrenching memories and problems and I walk away shaking my head and asking myself what in the world I have to offer. Platitudes? How do I…

Geez people. Take a stress pill. So much hoopla about whether OD is better or PB is better. Kiss and make up. Please note: I don't go on PB. Wife writes there and I keep clear of her "journal". But my understanding is, at least in principle, PB is a site for journalists. Not in the…

Um Hi. Robert here. Been hanging around trying to do "beta" things here for a few weeks. It's been kinda fun meeting a bunch of new folks. But what now? I used to live here years ago before the "ship" sank. After that I wandered around looking for my tribe. I never did find them.…

Well here we are: A small scraggly group of survivors who happened to be on the SS Open Diary when it went down. The captain launched a life boat and we scrambled on and are now looking around to see who else escaped the wreck. It's hard to know but we think we may be…