So After 23 Years I Finally Have a Diagnosis

I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. I actually initially found the diagnosis myself. I was having a severe flare up and nothing that usually treated the symptoms was working. I sat there at night in the middle of my symptoms thinking; at times the symptoms are worse than others, they’ve been going on for 23 years, my …

Planting the Russian Pomegranate Tree

When things are wrong in the world and i am powerless to set them right i have 2 choices on what to do with myself instead: hatchet + dead trees or shovel + rock breaking stick. I needed to plant a few trees anyway so i chose to dig a hole. I dug a hole. …

Stress Level: Nuclear

The phone company’s signature characteristic was that they were allergic to appointments of any kind. They didn’t schedule. They didn’t even call ahead. What they did do was call me at work on a near daily basis to let me know they were standing outside my cow gate and needing let in, “we’re here, where …

Dreaming

I was wearing a dark blue uniform, so caked with mud and grime one hardly saw the color. It was caked with mud but also shone with the maroon streaks and splatters of old blood; some mine, some not. There was a ringing in my ears. Everything around me happened in muffled volume. I slithered …