When the Smoke Clears

A word of Wisdom from Nikolaus, the wolf-dog:

“There is no trauma in life so bad that a good nap won’t help ease the pain…”
Nikolaus – July, 2001, roughly translated from “hphhhghwoooooorowwrr”

In some traditions, a red-tailed hawk is a vision, perhaps a warning, that change was coming, massive changes from unexpected directions, sometimes good, sometimes bad. A spring not too many years ago I remembered seeing these hawks everywhere for about a week, even though I was living in a city.
Then a small fist pounded [...]

I knew something deep inside felt off today. When you lose a piece of yourself, the missing space left behind never really fills. I can’t feel the hole, but I can feel the muscles in my heart that surround it. Today the edges really hurt though I couldn’t put my finger on why. The cabin [...]

Sometime after the snows and ice hit and the winter really kicks in, my musical tastes start to shift with the season. I listen to Kate Bush and Talk Talk. Kip, a friend of mine who’s wife I went to college with, introduced me to Talk Talk years ago. He said, “give it a chance, [...]

Alright, many of you may have figured out by now I am not just a standard geek, I have a love of medical technology and applications. Well if the oogie does not fascinate you, perhaps you should skip this, but in the last few months I have been reading about some medical advances that are [...]

Today I was reminded of a loss from a few years ago. It would seem that I might be able to get past certain things, but apparently not. I know many people speak of their pets as their children, and everyone thinks their pet is something extra special. Well, my dog was unique and I [...]