Last Sunday, the family and I went for a picnic. A former coworker with whom I had started working at my current position recently reconnected with me through Facebook. We’d always gotten along well in the time we worked together, but when she left for greener pastures and I stayed here, we lost touch. It happens, of […]
Yesterday, I saw a Facebook post regarding the recent developments in the study of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In case you haven’t heard, researchers have identified that it’s not excess stomach acid backing up into the esophagus that’s the culprit but an inflammatory response to the secretion of proteins called cytokines. It’s no secret that […]
This morning, my daughter woke at 4 a.m. She was shouting from her room, “Mommy! Daddy!” There’s nothing terribly alarming in this. It’s how she summons us whenever she wakes. She doesn’t get out of bed and wander around, and for now, I prefer it that way. Given also, that it’s still dark at 4 […]
River Full of Lost Sharks Jason M. Jones The question keeps coming to mind, popping up at odd moments. It’s unnerving, unsettling, yet you have to ask: “Is someone in the house?” The question has plagued you for days and doesn’t seem ready to resolve itself anytime soon. Naturally, when you ask, you don’t mean […]
A few years ago when Stephen King announced he would be releasing a sequel to The Shining, I was excited. I’ve noted here before that King was my gateway drug to adult fiction. I went from reading Judy Blume to Cujo in my reading evolution, so I’ve always had a soft spot for King. I’m […]
I spent the past two days at home with my son. Though my daughter goes to preschool, my son doesn’t, and since our plans for childcare fell through, I stayed home from work to take care of him. This is the first time with him. In fact, one of the nicest things about this was […]
I’m going to try resisting the urge to go into sour grapes mode here. But my confidence is at low ebb, and I’m going to take a moment to talk about what I find to be one of the most, if not the most, frustrating thing about publishing. Notice I say publishing. There comes a time […]
Pregaming for Mother’s Day, my wife opened a bottle of red wine last night and we sat together and watched An Affair to Remember. It’s been a while since we sat down and watched a movie together. Last time was when we took advantage of the daycare’s kid’s night out and check Spectre out of […]
A few years back, while I was walking in my neighborhood, I saw a boy of about ten years old skipping along in front of me. He would take a few paces and then leap as if he couldn’t contain his energy. He wore a big smile on his face, and he broke into a spastic run […]
Truffaut once said of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes that whenever he sat down to try to examine the mechanics of the film, he’d become too engrossed in the plot to notice them. I’m not sure what his exact quote was, since I can’t be bothered to look it up. But I bring it up here to say that […]