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Category Archives: Tiny Threads
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
Sadness is a pile of fallen peony petals you never got to smell.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
Honey syrup cures many an ailment: bland tea, bitter cocktails, and/or not-quite-ripe fruit. Try some, you’ll like it.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
Those days when you can’t decide if you have a real stomachache or if your pants are just squeezing your balls too tightly.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
“Starting a podcast is the millennial version of let’s start a band.â€
I don’t know who said it, but I love it.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
A word or few on the bachelorette party: bane of the gay bar’s existence. While most view the bachelorette party with a weary, hateful eye, I usually think, ‘Oh, let them enjoy their day-long glory. They can go back to worshipping me the remaining 364 days of the year,’ and then it usually happens.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
In my rapidly-advancing age I find it much easier to say a kind word instead of a mean one. There is less effort involved. And when it comes to criticism, a little goes a long way. (In the words of Norma Desmond, “I can say anything I want with my eyes!â€)
There is something powerful in not saying anything out loud if you have nothing nice to say. A literally-unsaid sort of power.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
My oboe teacher taught me a great many life lessons over the years, not the least of which was, “Don’t stick your butt out when you bow.”
It took some practice, but eventually I got it.
I got it good.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
It’s ok to walk with a shadow.
Some days it’s the only thing that proves the sun is out.
June
2019
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
The worst thing I could have done was learn how to use a shopping cart.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
When the most exciting part of the day is when you discover a fresh urinal cake in the office restroom, it’s time to make the days more exciting.
June
2019
Tiny Threads: An Insignificant Series
Out of all the skills I’ve learned at the office, faking the reach to pretend I’m trying to hold the elevator is the greatest.