My mother died on August 30, 1999. With some money she left me, I fulfilled my life-long dream of getting my own horse. Against all advice, I wanted a baby h...

Thursday, March 9, 2017, 2:43 a.m. Ellis actually thought I would sleep better, now that Tucker is dead. Isn’t that cute? 3:55 a.m., after taking a hot bath w...

December 16, 1981, 20 to 12:00 am, Wednesday Night Every once in a while I flash back to one certain episode of the tv show, “Bewitched.” I can’t remember th...

Monday, February 12th, 2002 A Typical Winter Day ~~ 5:00 - 6:30 am - Lie awake waiting for Tina to call (to see if I have to substitute teach) 7:00 - realiz...

May 15, 1996 Yesterday I got stopped for speeding in Cross Plains. I was very touched by the whole incident. I approached the cop with love and kindness, and...

(November of 2012 was a really sad month. Two of our beloved cats disappeared within two days of each other, most likely the victims of coyotes, attracted to...

There seems to be an element of synchronicity to my Journal Project. The way I choose a journal volume to select an entry from is totally random. But over an...

Monday, July 9, 2007 I worked my ass off in the punishing heat and humidity all week, knowing I’d get to take Sunday off to go to Devil’s Lake. That was the ...

Saturday, December 8, 2012 Cats degraded my quality of sleep all night. In the morning, though, I finally dreamed. I dreamed that my old boss, Jim R, was ali...

(I moved from the city back home with my mother in a Chicago suburb soon after my father died. I lived with her for almost a year. I was going through a horr...

(This volume covers part of my second year of graduate school and the summer after. I spent much of that summer back in Seattle, helping care for my first hu...

Friday, New Year’s Eve, 1999 I’m supposed to be amazingly reflective on the eve of the new millennium. I’m too busy cleaning up manure, scooping litter boxes...

October 1, 2002 Part of my mad stint of socializing included lunch with Dawn Kiefer, “my” reporter from the Richland Observer. Her e-mail address is donkeyfu...

September 19, 2001 I told her how suicidal I’d been during August. I told another friend when I talked to her earlier in the evening. I’m not sure why I’m te...