Beware, the Chair

I drive to and from work the same way every day. It’s a short drive through mostly residential area and nothing remarkable ever happens. In fact, I’m so used to the route it seems I am almost teleported each way, not remembering a single thing about the trip. Until this week… As I was passing…

Mama

She wasn’t always a beauty. In fact, the first time we saw her she looked like she didn’t have much time left! She was skinny. So skinny you could see her ribs. Her eyes and nose were watering non-stop and she sneezed with almost every breath. She scurried to eat from every food bowl available…

Serious Lack of Inspiration

If there was an award for sitting at your desk, holding your head in your hand and giving the deepest sighs, I would win. I have been the Queen of Funk lately and not in the cool musical way. I’m going for distance when it comes to napping too. Lately, it’s mostly what I do.…

Go Home 2024, You’re Drunk!

Does a new year that starts rough mean that it will eventually get better so it ends as the best year of your life? God, I hope so because thus far 2024 has not been a banner year. Since January 1 I’ve taken a couple good falls. Nothing serious but just stupid missteps that landed…

Ghosts of New Years Past

There was a time when New Year’s Eve meant there just had to be a party to go to. Sitting home on New Year’s was something my younger, more interesting self would never do. I don’t really remember when that changed but now the idea of getting dressed up and going out to welcome the…

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

When I was five, I started school. This was a big thing for me because I was so envious of my sisters going off to school every day and my Mom being a teacher meant she went too. I stayed behind with my Dad, sitting at the end of our bar, eating chips and peanut…

Big Enough for Downtown

The Kelleher household was located on the corner of 46th Street and 7th Avenue, right across the street from Union Park and a short walk to downtown Kenosha. When I was big enough, I was allowed to go downtown and…well, do whatever a kid can do downtown. It was determined that I was big enough…

A Crisis of Personality

Several years ago, I was diagnosed with a depressive disorder. I was late going into this because, while I know I likely had this long before the actual diagnosis, I just jollied my way through it and got by. I ignored those days when I just wanted to stay in bed, chocking it up to…

For Cwi

Death does not respect the order of things. It comes when it wants leaving a gaping hole when it goes. My nephew Christopher passed away yesterday. Even with his heroic fight, the sickness he endured, the horribleness of it all, as long as there was some hope, there was life. But, death is inevitable for…

A White Cotton Tale

I don’t remember how old I was, probably three or four. I was still that big headed toddler with the Dutch Boy hair cut my Mother did so well. I know I was at the age when awe and wonder were my world. It was Easter time. That meant I had heard the story of…