Category: writing
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The funny thing about cancer…
You’d think getting rid of cancer would be the end of it. You fought the toughest battle of your life and won. You’re the survivor. You have seen the darkest imaginable times and somehow found the light. But then just when you think you’re safe, and the doctors tell you you’re in “Remission”, you realize…
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You say goodbye, but I say Hello!
I want to live in a town where people say hello to each other. It used to be like that in Denver. Morning walks with Moose were filled with greetings between humans and snout to snout (sometimes snout to butt) sniffs and tail wags between dogs. Nowadays (I feel like such an elder when I…
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What I’m listening to
Sigur Rós released their first full length album since 2013’s Kveikur today. The album, titled Átta, or “Eight” in english, features the former keyboardist, who rejoined in 2022. This is the first album recorded with him since 2012’s Valtari. There are only a handful of bands that still invoke the same sense of excitement I…
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There’s nothing quite like watching a team win a championship…
Those who know me, know I’m not the biggest sports fan. But I do enjoy backing my city whenever one of the respective sports teams finds themselves in the later stages of the playoffs. Last year, when the Avalanche won the NHL championship, my fiancée and I went to a couple watch parties, and enjoyed…
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“The bus came by and I got on, that’s when it all began…”
You know that feeling after halftime of a sporting event, or set break of a concert, when the energy of the unfolding events is rising again and anything could happen, but you’re also consciously aware that the end of said event is inevitable? As I enter the third quarter of my life, I’m forced to…
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What I’m listening to
I’ve been trying to figure out how to start writing in this little blog area, and what exactly I should be writing about. After contemplating for a couple of weeks, I’ve decided to just start with what I know, and that’s music. Last Friday, 6lack released his first full length album since 2018’s East Atlanta Love Letter. The album, Since…