Amanda Lee McDonaldThis Is 50Before two weeks ago, I hadn’t been to a doctor, any doctor, for 5 years, 3 months and 17 days. Then, my healthcare was about optimizing…May 27, 20191May 27, 20191
Amanda Lee McDonaldThe Soft Side of NawfsideLuciano supports his family of 4 working at Fiesta Supermarket from 3:30 pm to 10:30 pm every weekday. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, he…Apr 15, 20181Apr 15, 20181
Amanda Lee McDonaldApril is the cruelest month, breeding…TS Eliot, The WastelandHis April is my every September. A shit soaked stretch of heavy hours and thin lines. Cruel, intensely so, and no less impressive than the…Dec 3, 20172Dec 3, 20172
Amanda Lee McDonaldMighty QuinnQuinn was buried today next to my Dizzy who died just 4 months ago. They were best friends, always together, fused. Both were barely a year…Sep 11, 20173Sep 11, 20173
Amanda Lee McDonaldBye Bye BirdieA dying baby robin was my entire life yesterday. He’d survived Quinn’s unceremonious attack, snatching the helpless thing from its nest…Aug 10, 20171Aug 10, 20171
Amanda Lee McDonaldTrump’s Sodomy of Language: Lessons We Didn’t Learn From Orwell’s “On Politics and the English…(Gary Larsen, The Far Side)Aug 9, 2017Aug 9, 2017