Most fevers are contagious. You spend time near someone with a fever and the next thing you know you have it too. I was like this with most illnesses, but not with the kind of fever that grabs fans of a product or sport. That is, not until the Red Sox fever grabbed me ( Read more... )

In the depths of despair they perform the only actions they feel are left to them. Slitting their wrists, taking the pills they have so diligently saved up for this day, or some other act that can bring it all crashing down. They clip their own wings hoping to plummet to the depths of the earth, where in death they will find rest. They tell me ( Read more... )

After making my way to the second floor of the medical building I was greeted by an efficient receptionist. She was so efficient she wanted to help me fill out the necessary medical forms while she worked the phones. I explained that I’d prefer to have them filled out in a private room since I couldn’t see them and didn’t want everyone in the ( Read more... )

My entire life is a first world problem. I often think of that in the morning when I am stretching myself awake. The fact that my guide dog is taking up too much of the bed is a first world problem, because in another land I wouldn’t own a guide dog to help me with mobility. I might not own a bed either ( Read more... )

The New Year ( Read more... )

The noisy thing begins to make noise. My person stretches. I wag my tail and press myself against her in our sleeping place so she knows I’m awake. She gets up and I follow obediently, pressing my head on her leg when she walks too slow. She sits on that thing where humans sit to mark their territory. I wait patiently watching and asking to be ( Read more... )

It stood on the corner of 228 acres which were laid out at the juncture of East County Road 64, a dirt road which helped to keep its windows always in need of a cleaning and county road 9, a pathed road where people drove too darn fast. It was a tiny white house with an old falling apart dairy barn and some horse stalls behind it, and equipment ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I wonder who I am ( Read more... )