Since my car broke down in Chicago, I’ve been driving a rental. I meant to fly back to Chicago weeks ago and pick it up, but my dad died the day before the flight. Then storms caused mass cancellations for my rescheduled flight. I finally made it back to the green machine and Chicago, and [...]
On a lighter note, I am now famous. Andy Warhol said everyone would have 15 minutes of fame, but I got a whole week. Remember my car that was repaired while driving through Oregon? They just sent me the photos of their updated sign. I became the customer of the week at AJ’s Automotive [...]
My father died Thursday night, ending what has been a multi-year struggle with several diseases, including Parkinson’s, bladder cancer, and senior dementia, and what at times seemed like a life-long struggle with the world. He had a difficult time the week before his death, and even asked to see a chaplain (an event shocking in [...]