The Hellish Handbasket

I've been dividing my residence between the Homewood Suites parking lot in Tucson and the BLM Ironwood National Monument land just west ...

The temperature is rising in Southern Arizona. In a month, nobody without air conditioning would choose to stay here, if they could leave. E...

This week I got my teeth cleaned. The dental hygienist, let's call her Lulu, led me to the first room, just off the lobby with an excell...

This week I was reminded once again that there are penalties for being a nomad. The USPS, in an effort to stem the flow of drugs through the...

Wherever you go, there you are. It's an old adage, but a good one. Wherever I go, I can't escape myself. I keep trying, but my body...

Like most people around the world, I have a hill of beans in front of me. Individually, each one of our little pinto bean molehills is not a...

Everyone copes with stress in their own way. For example, one of my family members is writing Substack newsletters identifying and excoriati...

When the world seems to be falling apart, when up is down, and nothing makes sense, I recommend finding something to alter your mood. For so...

My lovely sojurn in paradise, i.e., Scottsdale, has ended, and I'm back on the road. I've stopped enroute for a couple days to enjoy...

In theory, when my life is free of conflict, there shouldn't be much to write about. Maybe today is one of those days. I haven't had...

Greetings from sunny Scottsdale. Yes, I'm back in paradise, walking the dog, taking out the trash, and pretending I'm a friend of th...

Now that I live in my car, I'm a new person. It's as if all the years of art school, business school, teaching, editing, taking care...

I'm swearing off thinking for 2025. I know that sounds radical, even impossible, but let me make my case. Before you say, I'm with y...

Here we are again at the end of a year, with a new year staring us in the face. I remember when time moved so slowly, it seemed as if the sc...

'Tis the season for all the people in the upper Midwest to migrate to southern Arizona. It's not hard to understand why. Days here a...

I drew this picture in 2003, long before I had any reason to whine about medications. Back in the old days, when I was young and naive, when...

My dogsit vacation at the Scottsdale resort is coming to an end. For the past three weeks, I've been living someone else's life. At ...

Did you have a good Buy Nothing Day? Great, I'm so glad. Doesn't it feel good to know you aren't contributing to the consumer ma...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Dumb platitude, but it feels true this holiday slash election slash stupid weather seas...

I guess it's time to say happy holidays . Or merry effing Christmas if you prefer. Already, you scream? I know. This holiday season has...