My Foray Into Blogging Polyamory: Substack

Writers write. We write compulsively on whatever is available. Stone tablets, parchment, bathroom walls, prison walls, diaries, notebooks, napkins, post-its—you get the picture. The advent of the internet brought something new to write on in the form of online diaries, which were also called weblogs. In 1999 this guy named Peter Merholz jokingly divided the … Read more

Last Day With Colon

(On the last day before my full colectomy, I prepare for surgery) Tomorrow is my colectomy.  My surgery 20 years ago was what they call a “hemi-colectomy,” because it removed about half my colon. Some friends came to visit in the hospital back then and brought me a get well card adorned with a bold, graphic: ; It was funny. … Read more

Eight Things I’ve Been Doing in the Last Six Weeks

It’s a beautiful sunny Sunday in April and this blog is officially neglected. The problem with neglecting something — like your student loans or cleaning the kitchen junk drawer— is that the longer you leave it, the more daunting it feels to come back to it, which makes it take even longer – so when … Read more

My New Volunteer Gig (brought to you by My Zombie Parents)

Things I don’t love to do:1) Social Media in general2) Twitter. I happily collaborate on clients’ blogs, products, website content — but, thus far, I’ve drawn the line at posts for social media platforms. There are a lot of benefits to using social media, but as everyone who has seen The Social Dilemma (i.e. everyone) … Read more

I Might Start a Vlog…

Guys, I’m thinking about starting a vlog. It’s not something I’ve considered before because I don’t love being on camera or speaking spontaneously and especially for the style I’m thinking about it will require camera and editing skills far beyond what I have. I can already envision the amount of media collection and organization that … Read more

One thing that makes my day a little brighter

I have “hidden” all my friends on facebook who use “Lil Greenpatch” as their automatic status updater. This probably makes me a bad person. But since I’ve confessed that, I’ll confess something else…those “friends” were the ones who, when I saw their friend requests, I thought either “ugh” or “why?” So is the Lil Green … Read more