I wasn’t about to do this but at the urging of several writers, I decided to swallow my pride and do it — I’m keeping this short, simple, and sweet. Many of you have already read my recent struggles with housing insecurity and the why behind what happened. If you haven’t, you can read here about it. All I Want For Christmas Is A Place to Live Again We don’t know how much longer we’ll be in our current tiny home but we know we will have to part with it soonmedium.com

Finding yourself and what that does for you — Dr. Tracy Davis, it’s 17 days into the challenge now and I’m feeling a lot of growth from these writing challenges. I feel like I’m learning more about myself every day. I hope that more people start to do this as Pluto Wolnosci already has started doing now. …

This power center had two very hilariously named stores on their own right next to each other; I’m sure that the developers had a sense of humor — So, I was in the suburbs of Buffalo today and saw something that I’d only previously joked about. I was wondering if two stores would ever be put next to each other for comic effect. …

Going from depending on my bike and riding 25 miles a day to not riding my bike at all — I’ve written about my previously active lifestyle before. In that story, I even mention the accident and that I stopped riding. I just haven’t been able to really describe the details of what happened that night and what caused the accident until now. Cool October night and riding for my new job First of all, it was a typically…

You know, because you’ll get a free gift and possibly some food if you sit through the sales presentation… — I mean, come on. How are these companies even legally allowed to get away with these tactics? The lies, the deception, the things that they are allowed to do and say to get people to pay for a “vacation property” that they can only access one week a year and…

I don’t have any human kids but my fur kids showed me how to care for other living beings — I’ve had exactly three cats over my lifetime. They’re all gone now. The last cat just passed away in August 2020. He lived to be about 23 years old. My partner and I got him for the last five years of his life and he was treated well. I got…

An exciting and historic weekend of men’s college basketball — The biggest highlights of the weekend were the cinderella stories of Florida Atlantic, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Princeton University. Florida Atlantic defeated Fairleigh Dickinson University in the Round of 32 to make the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history. Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) became only the second…

We lived in the house for over 6 years and a lot happened there — The year was 1996. We had just moved out of the apartment complex that we lived in for six years prior. We lived in three different units when we lived there. It was time for us to move to different scenery. My godmother at the time had a rental house…

My attempt at poetry after an inspiring poem by a fellow editor and poet and a story by another great poet and writer — I am talking about two different writers here. They are both very talented poets and are both two writers that I definitely admire, Josh Balerite Acol and Ann Christine Tabaka. Josh had written a poem today for the third birthday of Illumination. It is an acrostic poem which seems even…