Would you get in a golf cart with these muthas’??? I know I’m jumping the gun and I promise I won’t do it again until October, but Lauren and Courtney have been posting things about Halloween and I’m feeling nostalgic and it’s so HOT here… Halloween is my favorite holiday. My house is decorated […]
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I was at a pilot’s safety meeting last night at Jacksonville’s Craig Airfield. The topic was “Flight Review” and I listened to a flight instructor talk about how “fun” it is to practice landing after losing an engine at takeoff and to “touch and go” with cross winds: all part of the Flight Review process and designed to […]
1. The water on the windward side of an island in The Bahamas is grey. Looking at this photo of Current Island, one might think this is a cold place. Instead we carry wash cloths to blot the sweat running down our faces. 2. I addressed the congregation of the Current Settlement Methodist Church. Did too. […]
Sometimes I think HUMOROUS EX-BOOZER will be my epitaph. This is a sobriety blog, and my primary focus is helping those who suffer from alcohol addiction, but I have started thinking lately about the other things I am. The other things I do. I am not quite as consumed by NOT DRINKING as I was six months […]
In January, I went to an eight day writer’s workshop called “Writer’s in Paradise.” It took place at Eckerd College and is quite prestigious I am told, with a faculty made up of famous writers* and a student body of gold star seeking, literary smarty pants. I submitted twenty-five pages of Waking Up the Ghost as a writing […]
Why do people drink? I was sitting in Lauren’s bed (shaking things up round here…), with Fiona snoring at my feet and contemplating this important question at 5 AM. The first thing that popped to my mind when this burning inquiry woke me was – advertising. People drink because they are influenced. So I went to the […]
You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret – ALL THE BEST PEOPLE ARE… (The date of this post is August 2014 – in Recovery Years that’s a long time to get smarter… 12/2016 M) The above is a quote I would have related to when I was drinking. I courted crazies like it […]
Fiona’s typical state of being… I bought Fiona online from a breeder in Oklahoma when I was drunk. For the first few months of her life, I was at my lowest point – drinking three bottles of wine a day and battling a mysterious bacterial infection that caused my joints to swell painfully. Walking her […]
I’m sick of worrying about myself. I’m sick of worrying about money and success and whether the sober decisions I am making about my future (way too open ended at this stage of my life) are the RIGHT decisions. I’m sick of the self-absorbed, self-analytical, self-satisfaction of being an alcoholic or a recovering alcoholic. […]
So, I was driving home from helping Jon Jon and Kallie move, and I pulled into a gas station on San Pablo to fill the tank. As I was finishing and preparing to leave (credit card back in wallet, road trip trash thrown away), one of those huge SUV’s Ponte Vedra women drive to […]