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“Another year shot to hell.” That was my answer, way back on New Year’s Eve, 1970, when someone asked me how I felt about the just-finished year. I was 24 and almost terminally [...]

What I hate about Christmas is all the effort and money one is expected to put into it.

"You will not find what you seek, Grasshopper, until you don't need it any more."

Get your holiday shit done before the actual holiday for a change.

I’m trying to establish a routine of sorts while living in the van. It’s surprisingly difficult. Each day seems to present new challenges to routine. Or maybe it’s just my [...]

So there I was, speeding along, when out of the dark along the side of the road loomed a pickup truck with a small cargo trailer and a tall man waving frantically for me to stop.

Yesterday was a long and miserable day after a long, cold night. The now-clean sleeping bag kept me warm until morning, when I needed my comforter on top of that—and I still had my doubts. [...]

"Can't afford" has always been my go-to excuse

The pee began to flow. I couldn't turn it off.