Monthly Archives: July 2009

Watching Ruthie: Part 4

My grandmother Ruthie doesn’t want me to call her Grandmother anymore. She wants to go by Ruthie. I have dealt with a lot of trouble from the folks that label themselves my family. This group is not large. But our collective baggage is pachydermatous. It requires its own wildlife reserve. But hearing my own grandmother [...]

Insomnia

I seem to be still trapped in the overnight free-for-all of insomnia. I swear it is this city and this part of the country. I get all wound up. If I were home, I would go walk around downtown or the neighborhood or a bicycle ride or something. But here, couped in in a cul-de-sac [...]

Run, Patrick, Run.

I have started something I never thought I would do. I have started running. At least it is not golf. But I don’t have my bicycle with me where I am currently. So running. I don’t know if it will last, but it finally starting to be a little bit of fun.