In My Own Words
thoughts on writing, books and life
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Strike a Pose
I should be writing right now but Astrid and I were having too much fun in the leaves. This dog takes such glamour shots!
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Hear me out: If I can be an Ally, anyone can.
Hi everyone, I’m Rich, my pronouns are he/him. My wife asked that I repost this “article” I wrote as an Ally for our Queer and Allies affinity group at work.…
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20 Years Gone…
It doesn’t seem real to think you’ve been gone for twenty years, Pingon. It’s never easy at the end of September as I let this day loom over me. It’s…
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TMI PSA
“If you’d waited another two years we’d be dealing with cancer.” That was one of the first things I heard after my first colonoscopy one year ago today. Personal? Sure.…
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Too Old For This Sh%t
Why I can’t do 3am writing sessions anymore: you stay up all late, drag ass the entire next day then go to bed at 8:45. Wake up to pee, worry…
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I Wanna be a Paperback Writer
I’ve been writing. A lot. I write. I write. I doubt myself. I write some more. So, if you haven’t heard from me, this is what I’m doing. I’m almost…
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In Memory of Grandma Buster
My Grandma Buster, Janice Malstrom Dumas, passed away today. It wasn’t unexpected. I don’t think many of us expected her to stay long after my grandpa passed away fifteen days…
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Grandpa's Gibson
Many of my childhood days were spent at a little green house on a dead end street called Mecham Lane. It took me a while to figure out the little…
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Goodbye 2017, Welcome 2018!
2017 started out seemingly determined to take me down. January of this year started with getting my son into residential treatment for drug addiction. We got him into one, only…
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Crazy Cat Lady; The Queen and Her People
After our abusive roommate moved out my son didn’t wait long to ask for another cat. An August evening in 2003 I gave in, and we went to the local…